暶
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Meaning: bright
💡 Sun (日) shines through the profound (玄) darkness: brightness emerges.
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Character Story & Explanation
暶 (xuán) means 'bright' and is a rare character in modern Chinese. It combines the sun radical 日 with the phonetic component 玄 (xuán, meaning 'dark, profound'), suggesting the concept of light emerging from darkness. This reflects the Chinese philosophical idea of yin-yang interplay, where brightness arises from the mysterious, deep source. Used sparingly, it appears in classical poetry to evoke luminous beauty.
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