煒

Information about character(s)

Radical: 火
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 13
Simplified Form: 炜

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wěi, huī
Cantonese: wai5
JapaneseOn: I KI
Korean: WI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: brilliant red; glowing

CE-Dict: glowing/bright/brilliant

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] bright

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《火部》煒盛赤也。从火韋聲。《詩》曰：「彤管有煒。」

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【火字部】煒
【唐韻】于鬼切【集韻】【韻會】羽鬼切，𠀤音偉。【說文】盛赤也。【玉篇】明也。亦盛貌。【廣韻】光煒。【詩·邶風】彤管有煒。【傳】煒，赤貌。　又【集韻】吁韋切，音揮。本作煇。詳煇字註。【前漢·王莽傳】靑煒登平。【註】服虔曰：煒音暉。如淳曰：靑氣之光煇也。

CF-Dict: incandescent/brillant

Han-De-Dict: leuchten, glühen (u.E.)