曜
Meanings
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- 1.bright
- 2.glorious
- 3.one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
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Wiktionary
- 1.sunlight, daylight; brilliance
- 2.one of the seven luminaries (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *lewɢs): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lewk (“to shine, flash”); cognate with Tibetan གློག (glog, “lightning”), Burmese လက် (lak, “to flash, scintillate”) (STEDT). Within Sinitic, compare: * 灼 (OC *pljewɢ, “to burn; brilliant; to illuminate”) * 爍 (OC *qʰljawɢ, “to melt, fuse, shine”) * 爚 (OC *hljowɢ, *lowɢ, “to shine, melt”) * 的 (OC *pleːwɢ, “bright, brilliant; to mark in a target”) * 耀 (OC *lewɢs), 燿 (OC *lewɢs, “to shine, gleam”) * 霍 (OC *qʰʷaːɡ, “quickly, suddenly; lightning”)
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Related words
星曜 heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)七曜 the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)金曜日 Friday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)日曜日 Sunday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)土曜日 Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)火曜日 Tuesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)水曜日 Wednesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)木曜日 Thursday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)黑曜岩 obsidian (mining)月曜日 Monday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)黑曜石 obsidian (mining)星象恶曜 unlucky star (evil portent in astrology)