辉
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(bound form) radiance; brilliance; to shine
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Dict coverage rank #2,055 U+8F89
How 辉 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
光 (semantic, “light”) + 军 (phonetic, jūn)
How to remember it
radiance · Heisig RSH #321
光 ray + chariot
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 军
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 军 (jūn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 军 sound component | jūn | army, military; soldiers, troops |
| 晕 | yūn | dizzy, faint, foggy; to see stars |
| 浑 | hún | blended, mixed; muddy, turbid |
| 荤 | hūn | non-vegetarian food; garlic; a foul smell |
| 诨 | hùn | joke, jest; nickname; obscene joke |
| 晖 | huī | sunshine; light; bright, radiant |
| 珲 | hún | bright, glorious, splendid |
| 郓 | yùn | an ancient town; surname |
| 皲 | jūn | chapped, cracked |
Words containing 辉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辉县市 | Huī xiàn Shì | Huixian, a county-level city in Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan |
| 辉南县 | Huī nán Xiàn | Huinan, a county in Tonghua City 通化市[Tong1 hua4 Shi4], Jilin |
| 黄金辉 | Huáng Jīn huī | Wee Kim Wee (1915-2005), president of Singapore (1985-1993) |
| 爱辉区 | Ài huī Qū | Aihui, a district of Heihe City 黑河市[Hei1 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 卫辉市 | Wèi huī Shì | Weihui, a county-level city in Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan |
| 与日同辉 | yǔ rì tóng huī | to become more glorious with each passing day (idiom) |
| 辉长岩 | huī cháng yán | gabbro (geology) |
| 辉格党 | Huī gé dǎng | Whig Party |
| 辉县 | Huī xiàn | see 輝縣市|辉县市[Hui1 xian4 Shi4] |
| 生辉 | shēng huī | to dazzle; to brighten up (a room etc) |
| 辉绿岩 | huī lǜ yán | diabase (geology); dolerite |
| 李登辉 | Lǐ Dēng huī | Lee Teng-hui (1923–2020), Taiwanese politician, president of the Republic of China 1988–20… |
| 辉南 | Huī nán | see 輝南縣|辉南县[Hui1 nan2 Xian4] |
| 辉石 | huī shí | pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals); augite |
| 光辉 | guāng huī | radiance; glory; brilliant; magnificent |
| 爱辉 | Ài huī | see 愛輝區|爱辉区[Ai4 hui1 Qu1] |
| 刘家辉 | Liú Jiā huī | Gordon Liu (1955-), Hong Kong action actor |
| 银辉 | yín huī | radiance; silver white sheen |
| 卫辉 | Wèi huī | see 衛輝市|卫辉市[Wei4 hui1 Shi4] |
| 余辉 | yú huī | variant of 餘暉|余晖[yu2 hui1] |