熏

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See also: 燻, 爋, and 薰
熏 U+718F, 熏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-718F
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Translingual

Han character

熏 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹土火 (HGF), four-corner 20331)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 679, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19300
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1091, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2226, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+718F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 熏
alternative forms
𡴦
𡽽
燻／熏
爋
𤑕
𡴦
𡽽
燻／熏
爋
𤑕
煇
 

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 熏
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (熏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
櫄 *tqʰun
薰 *qʰun, *qʰuns
曛 *qʰun
勲 *qʰun
熏 *qʰun
燻 *qʰun
獯 *qʰun
纁 *qʰun
醺 *qʰun
臐 *qʰun, *qʰuns
爋 *qʰuns

In the original version, it is 東 with four dots inside perhaps to indicate grass and herbs inside the tied bag. Later, fire 火 (or 炎) at the bottom was added. The original meaning is "smoked herbs". Two semi-conservative versions are 𡴦 and 𡽽. Today, the original meaning is preserved in 薰. Unrelated to 黑.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kuw (“smoke”). Compare also 葷 (OC *qʰun, “smelling vegetables”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • hung1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
  • hang1 - Jieyang, Pontianak.
    Rime
    Character 熏
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
    Final (韻) 文 (59)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 許云切
    Baxter xjun
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/hɨun/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/hiun/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/xiuən/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/hun/
    Li
    Rong         		/xiuən/
    Wang
    Li         		/xĭuən/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/xi̯uən/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xūn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		fan1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 熏
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xūn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ xjun ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qʰu/
    English smoke (v.); vapor, odor

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 熏
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 14110
    Phonetic
    component         		熏
    Rime
    group         		文
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		薰
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qʰun/
    Notes 金文象香囊，或加火表薰香

    Definitions

    熏

    1. smoke; fog
    2. warm (used in 熏風)
    3. to smoke (same as 薰); to cure meat (same as 燻)
    4. to infuse tea with scented flowers (same as 窨)
    5. a surname, Xun

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    Definitions

    熏

    1. suffocation due to coal gas

    References

    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “熏”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 271.

    Japanese

    Kanji

    熏

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. smoke
    2. darken

    Readings

    • On (unclassified): くん (kun)
    • Kun: ふすべる (fusuberu)、くすべる (kusuberu)

    Korean

    Hanja

    熏 • (hun) (hangeul 훈, revised hun, McCune–Reischauer hun, Yale hwun)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    熏: Hán Nôm readings: hun, huân

    Verb

    熏

    1. chữ Nôm form of hun (“to smoke (to preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke)”)
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