焰

See also: 焔 and 燄

焰	U+7130, 焰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7130

← 焯
[U+712F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

焱 →
[U+7131]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

焰 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火弓竹X (FNHX), four-corner 9787₇, composition ⿰火臽)

Derived charactersEdit

𡓢

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: page 675, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19141
Dae Jaweon: page 1086, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2210, character 7
Unihan data for U+7130

ChineseEdit

trad.		焰/燄
simp.		焰
alternative forms		焔熖爓／𰟘

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (臽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
萏	*l'oːmʔ
窞	*l'oːmʔ
惂	*kʰloːmʔ
輡	*kʰloːmʔ
錎	kʰloːmʔ, ɡroːms
埳	*kʰloːmʔ
臽	kʰloːmʔ, ɡroːms
淊	ɡloːmʔ, qroːm, qroːms, lomʔ
欿	*ɡloːmʔ
蜭	ɡloːmʔ, ɡluːms
啗	l'aːmʔ, l'aːms
鵮	ʔr'oːm, kʰroːm, *kʰroːms
餡	*ɡroːms
陷	*ɡroːms
爓	ljom, loms
諂	*l̥ʰomʔ
讇	*l̥ʰomʔ
閻	*lom
焰	*loms
壛	*lom
櫩	*lom
燄	*lomʔ
掐	*kʰroːb

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶, jim⁴
Min Nan (POJ): iām / iāⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴
  - Yale: yàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁶, jim⁴
  - Yale: yihm, yìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶, jim⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶, yim⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/, /jiːm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iām
  - Tâi-lô: iām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iam
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iam²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iam³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: iānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: via
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iã²²/

Note:

iāⁿ - vernacular;
iām - literary.

Middle Chinese: /jiᴇmH/

Rime
Character	焰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以贍切
Baxter	yemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛm^H/
Shao Rongfen	/jæm^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiam^H/
Li Rong	/iɛm^H/
Wang Li	/jĭɛm^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*loms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	焰
Reading #	1/1
No.	13566
Phonetic component	臽
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	豔
Old Chinese	/*loms/
Notes	燄轉註分化字

DefinitionsEdit

焰

flame

CompoundsEdit

光焰
冷焰
外焰
放焰口
氧化焰
火焰 (huǒyàn)
火焰山 (Huǒyànshān)
火焰焰
烈焰 (lièyàn)
焰口
焰心

ReferencesEdit

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02415
“焰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai (extended)	焔
Kyūjitai	焰

KanjiEdit

焰

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 焔)

ReadingsEdit

Go-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)}^{←えむ (emu, ancient)}
Kan-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)}^{←えむ (emu, ancient)}
Kun: ほのお (honō, 焰)^{←ほのほ (fonofo, 焰, historical)}; ほむら (homura, 焰)
Nanori: ほのお (honō)

CompoundsEdit

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

焰

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EtymologyEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of 焰 – see the following entry.

【炎ほのお】S	[noun] a flame [noun] (figuratively) an intense emotion, passion Alternative spellings 焔, 焰, 燄
【炎ほむら】S	[noun] a flame [noun] (figuratively) an intense emotion, passion Alternative spellings 焔, 焰, 燄
【炎えん】S	[affix] flame, blaze [affix] (figurative) passion, emotion Alternative spellings 焔, 焰, 燄

(This term, 焰, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (焔) of the above term.)

【炎ほのお】S	[noun] a flame [noun] (figuratively) an intense emotion, passion Alternative spellings 焔, 焰, 燄
【炎ほむら】S	[noun] a flame [noun] (figuratively) an intense emotion, passion Alternative spellings 焔, 焰, 燄
【炎えん】S	[affix] flame, blaze [affix] (figurative) passion, emotion Alternative spellings 焔, 焰, 燄