炯

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See also: 烱
炯 U+70AF, 炯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AF
← 炮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 炰 →

Translingual

Han character

炯 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火月口 (FBR) or 難火月口 (XFBR), four-corner 97820, composition ⿰火冋)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18956
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2195, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+70AF

Chinese

trad. 炯
simp. # 炯
alternative forms 烱／炯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 炯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (冋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
苘 *kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
詗 *qʰʷeŋs, *qʰʷeːŋʔ
駉 *kʷeːŋ
坰 *kʷeːŋ
冋 *kʷeːŋ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ
絅 *kʷeːŋ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
扃 *kʷeːŋ
炯 *kʷeːŋʔ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ
迥 *ɡʷeːŋʔ
泂 *ɡʷeːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Note:
  • guang2 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Raoping;
  • guêng2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai;
  • kuêng2 - Jieyang.
Rime
Character 炯 炯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 青 (126) 青 (126)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 戸頂切 古迥切
Baxter hwengX kwengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦweŋX/ /kweŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷeŋX/ /kʷeŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuɛŋX/ /kuɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwɛjŋX/ /kwɛjŋX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣueŋX/ /kueŋX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣiweŋX/ /kiweŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣiweŋX/ /kiweŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiòng jiǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wing6 gwing2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炯 炯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6901 6907
Phonetic
component 		冋 冋
Rime
group 		耕 耕
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		熲 迥
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷeːŋʔ/ /*ɡʷeːŋʔ/

Definitions

炯

  1. bright; brilliant
  2. clear; obvious
  3. (literary) flame; blaze

Compounds

Japanese

Alternative forms

Kanji

炯

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. light
  2. clear

Readings

  • Go-on: きょう (kyō)、ぎょう (gyō)
  • Kan-on: けい (kei)
  • Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 炯らか)、かま (kama)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

炯 (eum 형 (hyeong))

  1. Shining bright

Vietnamese

Han character

炯: Hán Việt readings: quýnh, quỷnh, huỳnh

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