爍 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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shuò

shine

The happy 樂 light of a flame 火

Components

火 Meaning component

huǒ

fire

樂 Meaning component

lè, yuè

happy, music

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
r̥ewk (W dialect: r̥- > *x-, palatalizing)	syak	shuò	melt, infuse
r̥ewk (W dialect: r̥- > *x-, palatalizing)	syak	shuò	shine (v.)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.5537% of movies

3051st most common character in movies

2702nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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