耀

See also: 燿

耀 U+8000, 耀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8000 ← 翿 [U+7FFF] CJK Unified Ideographs 老 → [U+8001]

Translingual

Han character

耀 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 火山尸一土 (FUSMG), four-corner 9721₄, composition ⿰光翟)

Derived characters

• 𤓛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 960, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28828
• Dae Jaweon: page 1406, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3359, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8000

Chinese

trad.		耀
simp. #		耀
2nd round simp.		𭀦
alternative forms		燿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (翟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
櫂	*r'eːwɢs
濯	*r'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
耀	*lewɢs
曜	*lewɢs
燿	*lewɢs
糶	*l̥ʰeːwɢs
粜	*l̥ʰeːwɢs
嬥	*l'eːw, *l'eːwʔ, *l'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
藋	*l'eːwɢs
躍	*lewɢ
戳	*r'eːwɢ
擢	*r'eːwɢ
蠗	*r'eːwɢ
鸐	*r'eːwɢ
翟	*r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
趯	*l̥ʰeːwɢ
籊	*l̥ʰeːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
糴	*l'eːwɢ
䊮	*l'eːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lewɢs): semantic 光 (“light; beam; ray”) + phonetic 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ).

Etymology

Probably related to 曜 (OC *lewɢs, “to shine; daylight”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yào, yuè (yao⁴, yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ, ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yeu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yau⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): iêu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iao⁶ / iou⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yào
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴
    • Yale: yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jiu⁶
    • Yale: yiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yeu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yeu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /iau⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iêu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iāu
    • Tâi-lô: iāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iau³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iau²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iao⁶ / iou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iău / iŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau³⁵/, /iou³⁵/

Note:

• iao6 - Shantou;
• iou6 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yau
    • MiniDict: yau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: yewH

Rime
Character	耀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	弋照切
Baxter	yewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiawH/
Li Rong	/iɛuH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lewk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lewɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	耀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yào
Middle Chinese	‹ yewH ›
Old Chinese	/*lewk-s/
English	shine
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耀
Reading #	1/1
No.	2211
Phonetic component	翟
Rime group	豹
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	燿
Old Chinese	/*lewɢs/

Definitions

耀

1. to shine; to sparkle
2. to dazzle; to show off; to make a display of; to flaunt
3. rays of light; radiance
4. glorious
5. a surname
6. (Eastern Min) alternative form of 邵 (siêu, “praise, appreciate, brag, admire”)

Compounds

• 光前耀後 / 光前耀后
• 光宗耀祖 (guāngzōngyàozǔ)
• 光耀 (guāngyào)
• 光耀耀
• 光耀門楣 / 光耀门楣
• 光耀門閭 / 光耀门闾
• 揚威耀武 / 扬威耀武
• 晃耀
• 榮宗耀祖 / 荣宗耀祖
• 榮耀 / 荣耀 (róngyào)
• 炫耀 (xuànyào)
• 照耀 (zhàoyào)
• 耀兵
• 耀州窯 / 耀州窑
• 耀德
• 耀斑 (yàobān)
• 耀武揚威 / 耀武扬威 (yàowǔ yángwēi)
• 耀眼 (yàoyǎn)
• 耀眼爭光 / 耀眼争光
• 耀祖榮宗 / 耀祖荣宗
• 耀耀
• 耀蟬 / 耀蝉
• 耀靈 / 耀灵 (yàolíng)
• 衒耀
• 誇耀 / 夸耀 (kuāyào)
• 豔色耀目 / 艳色耀目
• 輝耀 / 辉耀
• 金光閃耀 / 金光闪耀
• 閃耀 / 闪耀 (shǎnyào)
• 顯耀 / 显耀

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 耀 – see 照 (“(Hokkien) to illuminate”). (This character is a variant form of 照).