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  • Sep 1, 2024, 11:29 AM

    Came across the word 黒曜石[こくようせき]Obsidian.
    The use of 曜 had me wondering if it was ateji or if there was a different character before modern reforms. Apparently not. There is another version 黒耀石 using a non jyouyou kanji but this is a modern usage by archeologists.
    曜 does have a (original?) sense of shiny but maybe only seen in names and 黒曜石 now.
    I always thought it redundant as “day of the week” 曜日

    ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/黒曜石#文化

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