曄

See also: 晔 and 曅

曄 U+66C4, 曄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66C4 ← 曃 [U+66C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 曅 → [U+66C5]

Translingual

Han character

曄 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日廿一十 (ATMJ), four-corner 6405₄, composition ⿰日華)

1. bright
2. radiant
3. thriving

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 500, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14169
• Dae Jaweon: page 870, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1528, character 7
• Unihan data for U+66C4

Chinese

trad.		曄
simp.		晔
alternative forms		曅 𣋌 𣋓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
曄	*ɢʷab, *ɢʷɯb
爗	*ɢʷab
燁	*ɢʷab, *ɢʷɯb
曅	*ɢʷrab
皣	*ɢʷrab
瞱	*ɢʷrab

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yè (ye⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yè
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
    • Yale: yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶
    • Yale: yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hip, hjep

Rime
Character	曄	曄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	侵 (142)	鹽 (156)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	爲立切	筠輒切
Baxter	hip	hjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiɪp̚/	/ɦˠiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚip̚/	/ɦᵚiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiep̚/	/ɣiæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjip̚/	/ɦjiap̚/
Li Rong	/ɣjəp̚/	/ɣjɛp̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭĕp̚/	/ɣĭɛp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯əp̚/	/i̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jap6	jip6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷab/, /*ɢʷɯb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曄	曄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14825	14831
Phonetic component	曄	曄
Rime group	盍	緝
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	曄	煜
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷab/	/*ɢʷɯb/

Definitions

曄

1. (literary, of light) bright; shining; brilliant;
2. (literary) flourishing; thriving

Synonyms

• 燁／烨 (yè)

Compounds

• 曄曄／晔晔
• 韡曄／𮧵晔

 

References

• “曄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

曄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えふ (efu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えふ (efu, historical)}
• Kun: かがやく (kagayaku, 曄く)
• Nanori: あきら (akira); てる (teru); はじめ (hajime)

Korean

Hanja

曄 • (yeop) (hangeul 엽, revised yeop, McCune–Reischauer yŏp, Yale yep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

曄: Hán Nôm readings: diệp

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