焱

焱 U+7131, 焱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7131 ← 焰 [U+7130] CJK Unified Ideographs 焲 → [U+7132]

Translingual

Han character

焱 (radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火火火 (FFF), four-corner 9088₉, composition ⿱火炏)

1. flames

References

• KangXi: page 675, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19142
• Dae Jaweon: page 1086, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2211, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7131

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		焱

Glyph origin

Triplication of 火 (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn, yì (yan⁴, yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ, ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): iāⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yen4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: i4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁶
    • Yale: yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: via
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iã³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇm^H/, /hwek̚/

Rime
Character	焱	焱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	錫 (128)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	以贍切	呼狊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇmH/	/hwek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛmH/	/hʷek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/jæmH/	/xuɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiamH/	/hwɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/iɛmH/	/xuek̚/
Wang Li	/jĭɛmH/	/xiwek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛmH/	/xiwek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim6	hik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷeːɡ/, /*lams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	焱	焱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14000	14414
Phonetic component	焱	焱
Rime group	錫	談
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	𥍟	豔
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷeːɡ/	/*lams/

Definitions

焱

1. flame
2. spark

Synonyms

• (flame): 火焰 (huǒyàn)
• (spark): 火花 (huǒhuā)

Derived terms

• 焱悠

• 焱焱

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

焱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flames, blaze, cracking of flames

Readings

• 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, 焱)^{←ほのほ (fonofo, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

焱 (eum 혁 (hyeok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

焱: Hán Nôm readings: yên

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References

• Nom Foundation