How to Write 煜 (yù) — Meaning “bright; shining”

Imagine a fire (火) burning under a bright sun (昱) — both give off intense light. The pinyin 'yù' sounds like 'you', so think 'you shine brightly'.

Write the left radical 火 first: dot, left-falling, right-falling, then dot. Then write 昱: top (日) with three strokes, then bottom (立) with five strokes. A common mistake is making the 昱 part too tall — keep the top 日 narrow and the bottom 立 balanced.

煜 has the component 昱 on the right, while 烯 has 希 and 烷 has 完. Unlike 煜 which means 'bright' and is used in poetic or name contexts, 烯 (xī) and 烷 (wán) are chemical terms (alkene and alkane) used in science.

煜 is not part of the HSK vocabulary and is rarely used in daily conversation. It appears in classical poetry, personal names, or literary phrases like 煜煜生辉 ('shining with brilliance'), giving an elegant and positive feeling.

Common words containing 煜 include: 煜煜 (yù yù) — brightly shining; 煜耀 (yù yào) — brilliant; dazzling; 熠煜 (yì yù) — bright; glowing.