懂中文 Dong Chinese

爍

shuò

shine

The happy 樂 light of a flame 火

Components
火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

樂 meaning component

樂  Meaning component

lè, yuè

  

happy, music

Evolution

爍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
爍 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
爍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

烁 (爍) 

shuò

shine, glitter, sparkle; bright; luminous

Most common words with 爍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

闪烁

flickering

烁

bright

闪烁其词

to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush

震古烁今

glorious and world-shattering

闪烁体

scintillator