灼
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Translingual
Han character
灼 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 火心戈 (FPI) or 火心一 (FPM), four-corner 97820, composition ⿰火勺)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 666, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18878
- Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2189, character 16
- Unihan data for U+707C
Chinese
| trad. | 灼 | |
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| simp. # | 灼 | |
| alternative forms | ⿰大匀 𤆥 烵 燋 𭴰 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 灼 | ||
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| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 豹 | *preːwɢs |
| 趵 | *preːwɢs, *preːwɢ |
| 尥 | *breːw, *b·reːwɢs |
| 箹 | *ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ |
| 杓 | *plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 約 | *ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ |
| 扚 | *pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ |
| 釣 | *pleːwɢs |
| 瘹 | *teːwɢs |
| 芍 | *ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 酌 | *pljewɢ |
| 灼 | *pljewɢ |
| 勺 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
| 彴 | *pljewɢ |
| 犳 | *pljewɢ |
| 妁 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
| 汋 | *bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ |
| 仢 | *bljewɢ |
| 葯 | *qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ |
| 礿 | *lewɢ |
| 肑 | *preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 瓝 | *breːwɢ |
| 的 | *pleːwɢ |
| 靮 | *pleːwɢ |
| 馰 | *pleːwɢ |
| 玓 | *pleːwɢ |
| 魡 | *pleːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pljewɢ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 勺 (OC *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
灼
- to burn; to scorch
- to broil; to roast
- to cauterize
- bright; shining; luminous
- Used in 灼然 (zhuórán, “obvious; clear”).
Compounds
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02386
- “灼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
| Shinjitai (extended) |
Shinjitai (extended) |
灼󠄀 灼+ 󠄀?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 灼󠄂 灼+ 󠄂?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||||
| Kyūjitai | 灼 | 
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Kanji
灼
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
- 灼熱 (shakunetsu)
- 灼眼 (shakugan)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 灼 |
| あらた Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
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| (This term, 灼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Hanja
灼 • (jak, sa) (hangeul 작, 사, revised jak, sa, McCune–Reischauer chak, sa, Yale cak, sa)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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