煅

See also: 鍛

煅 U+7145, 煅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7145 ← 煄 [U+7144] CJK Unified Ideographs 煆 → [U+7146]

煅 U+2F91C, 煅 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F91C ← 𠔥 [U+2F91B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𤉣 → [U+2F91D]

Translingual

Han character

煅 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火竹十水 (FHJE), composition ⿰火段)

1. forge metal
2. perfect one's skill

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 678, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19172
• Dae Jaweon: page 1087, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2218, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7145

• Unihan data for U+2F91C

Chinese

trad.		煅
simp. #		煅

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duàn (duan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duàn
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴
    • Yale: dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duann
    • Palladius: дуань (duanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dyun³
    • Yale: dyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³³/

Definitions

煅

1. to calcine
2. (figuratively) to refine; to polish

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 煅 – see 鍛 (“to forge; to shape metal; to temper; to refine”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 鍛).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

煅

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): たん (tan)
• Kun: きたえる (kitaeru)