jiǒngguì

brilliance

A flame  as bright as the sun 

Components
日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

火 meaning component

  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

炅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
炅 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
炅 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
炅 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiǒng

brilliance; (literary) bright; shining

 

Guì

surname Gui

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5817th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+7085

Shuowen

“炅,見也。从火、日。”


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