玄烨

玄燁

Xuányè

proper noun

Meanings

1 Xuanye (1654–1722), the personal name of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty

康熙 Kāngxī Kangxi Emperor · monarch, 1654–1722

Characters

blazing; bright

Examples

HSK 6

玄烨就是康熙皇帝。

Xuányè jiùshì Kāngxī huángdì.

Xuanye was the Kangxi Emperor.

HSK 6

玄烨很小就做了皇帝，年号康熙。

Xuányè hěn xiǎo jiù zuò le huángdì, niánhào Kāngxī.

Xuanye became emperor as a small child, with the reign title Kangxi.

Tips

history

An emperor's personal name was taboo. Under the Qing, 玄 was written without its final dot or replaced by 元, and the north gate of the Forbidden City, 玄武门, was renamed 神武门.

Stroke Order

玄 xuán

烨 yè