熔

See also: 鎔

熔 U+7194, 熔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7194 ← 熓 [U+7193] CJK Unified Ideographs 熕 → [U+7195]

Translingual

Han character

熔 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火十金口 (FJCR), four-corner 9386₈, composition ⿰火容)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 680, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19319
• Dae Jaweon: page 1091, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2225, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7194

Chinese

trad.		熔
simp. #		熔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
螸	*lo
裕	*loɡs
容	*loŋ
溶	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
鎔	*loŋ
蓉	*loŋ
傛	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
褣	*loŋ
搈	*loŋ
瑢	*loŋ
嵱	*loŋ
熔	*loŋ
榕	*loŋ
塎	*loŋʔ
谷	*ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂	*kloːɡ
焀	*ɡloːɡ
俗	*ljoɡ
欲	*loɡ
浴	*loɡ
鵒	*loɡ
峪	*ɦkloːɡ
鋊	*loɡ
輍	*loɡ
慾	*loɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loŋ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 容 (OC *loŋ)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What relation is there between 融, 鎔, 熔, and 溶?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iông / iûⁿ / iôⁿ / iâuⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁴
    • Yale: yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
    • Tâi-lô: iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iâunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viaau
    • IPA (Penang): /iãu²³/

Note:

• iông - literary;
• iûⁿ/iôⁿ - vernacular.

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熔
Reading #	1/1
No.	4293
Phonetic component	谷
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	容
Old Chinese	/*loŋ/
Notes	鎔今字

Definitions

熔

1. to melt by heat; to turn solid into liquid by heat

Compounds

• 易熔合金
• 氣體熔接／气体熔接
• 熔化 (rónghuà)
• 熔岩 (róngyán)
• 熔接 (róngjiē)
• 熔接法
• 熔斷／熔断 (róngduàn)
• 熔煉／熔炼 (róngliàn)
• 熔燬／熔毁
• 熔爐／熔炉 (rónglú)
• 熔蝕／熔蚀
• 熔融 (róngróng)
• 熔解 (róngjiě)
• 熔點／熔点 (róngdiǎn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

熔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. melt, fuse

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←よう (you, historical)}; ゆう (yū)
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←よう (you, historical)}
• Kun: いがた (igata, 熔); とかす (tokasu, 熔かす); とける (tokeru, 熔ける)

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 熔 is mostly replaced by 溶, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 熔 replaced by daiyōji 溶

溶化

溶解

溶岩

溶接

溶着

溶融

溶炉

Compounds

• 熔(よう)化(か) (yōka) (溶(よう)化(か))
• 熔(よう)解(かい) (yōkai) (溶(よう)解(かい), 鎔(よう)解(かい))
• 熔(よう)岩(がん) (yōgan) (溶(よう)岩(がん))
• 熔(よう)接(せつ) (yōsetsu) (溶(よう)接(せつ))
• 熔(よう)着(ちゃく) (yōchaku) (溶(よう)着(ちゃく))
• 熔(よう)融(ゆう) (yōyū) (溶(よう)融(ゆう))
• 熔(よう)錬(れん) (yōren) (溶(よう)錬(れん))
• 熔(よう)炉(ろ) (yōro) (溶(よう)炉(ろ))
• 熔(よう)和(わ) (yōwa) (溶(よう)和(わ))

 

Korean

Hanja

熔 • (yong) (hangeul 용, revised yong, McCune–Reischauer yong, Yale yong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

熔: Hán Nôm readings: dong, dung, nung

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