燄

See also: 焰 and 焔

燄 U+71C4, 燄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71C4 ← 燃 [U+71C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 燅 → [U+71C5]

Translingual

Han character

燄 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓X火火 (NXFF), four-corner 2978₉, composition ⿰臽炎)

1. flame
2. blazing, brilliant

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 682, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19395
• Dae Jaweon: page 1094, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2235, character 10
• Unihan data for U+71C4

Chinese

trad.		燄
simp.		焰

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶

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• 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
    • Yale: yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/

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• Middle Chinese: yemX

Rime
Character	燄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以冉切
Baxter	yemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/jæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiamX/
Li Rong	/iɛmX/
Wang Li	/jĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lomʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燄
Reading #	1/1
No.	13570
Phonetic component	臽
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	琰
Old Chinese	/*lomʔ/

Definitions

燄

1. Alternative form of 焰 (yàn, “flame”)

Compounds

• 光燄／光焰
• 凶燄／凶焰 (xiōngyàn)
• 氣燄／气焰 (qìyàn)
• 氣燄高張／气焰高张
• 火燄／火焰 (huǒyàn)
• 烈燄／烈焰 (lièyàn)
• 煙燄障天／烟焰障天
• 燄燄／焰焰

 

Japanese

Kanji

燄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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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, 燄)^{←ほのほ (fonofo, 燄, historical)}

Etymology

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

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

(This term, 燄, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Vietnamese

Han character

燄: Hán Nôm readings: diễm, diệm

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