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曜

yào
yàospelled as iao · 4th tone — spelling rules
bright · glorious
Radical: 日 Strokes: 18
Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character
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Character Decomposition
曜=日+翟
Etymology
A spectacular 翟 star 日; 翟 also provides the pronunciation
Meanings
bright
glorious
one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
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