
| yào | brilliant/glorious | 
| 耀 | brilliant glorious  | 
| 耀县 | Yao county in Shaanxi | 
| 耀州 | Yaozhou district of Tóngchuān city 銅川市|铜川市 | 
| 耀州区 | Yaozhou district of Tóngchuān city 銅川市|铜川市 | 
| 耀德 | to hold up as a virtuous example | 
| 耀斑 | solar flare | 
| 耀武扬威 | to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around to bluff to bluster  | 
| 耀目 | dazzling | 
| 耀眼 | to dazzle dazzling  | 
| 耀西 | Yoshi (Nintendo video game character) |