adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (literary) blazing; brilliant
  2. 2 (literary) glorious; splendid

Examples

Huǒguāng yè yè, shífēn yàoyǎn.
The firelight was bright and dazzling.
Yè zì yìwéi guānghuī cànlàn, cháng yòng zuò rénmíng.
"Ye" means a brilliant blaze and is often used in given names.

Tips

usage
A literary word for dazzling firelight, often doubled as ('blazing brightly'). Its 'brilliant, glorious' connotation makes it a popular given-name character, suggesting a bright future.

Components

radical
huǒ
fire (left-side radical)
The fire radical on the left supplies the meaning directly: is the bright blaze of a fire, the root of its 'brilliant, glorious' sense.
phonetic
huá
splendor; magnificent (phonetic)
The right side 'splendid' both supplies the sound (huá shifting to yè) and reinforces the meaning — fire plus splendor gives 'dazzling brilliance'. In the full traditional form the phonetic is the unsimplified .

Stroke Order