烁

shuò

sh+uò·4th tone

bright · luminous

Radical: 火 Strokes: 9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Less common

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾炉烛灶

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Character Decomposition

烁=火+乐

Etymology

The happy 乐 light of a flame 火

Meanings

bright

luminous

shuò

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Words with 烁 44 total

flickering · glittering烁烁shuò shuò to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker · to be evasive; to equivocate闪烁shǎn shuò to twinkle · to glimmer · to glisten熠烁yì shuò

Idioms with 烁 8 total Chain

to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush闪烁其词shǎn shuò qí cí speak evasively · evade issues · dodge about (or around) · hedge闪烁其辞shǎn shuò qí cí (lit.) to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) · (fig.) to be earthshaking震古烁今zhèn gǔ shuò jīn

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