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Translingual
Han character
燁 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火廿一十 (FTMJ), four-corner 94854, composition ⿰火華)
- bright, glorious, splendid
- flame
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 682, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19390
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2222, character 8
- Unihan data for U+71C1
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 曄
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*ɢʷab, *ɢʷɯb
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| 爗
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*ɢʷab
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| 燁
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*ɢʷab, *ɢʷɯb
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| 曅
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*ɢʷrab
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| 皣
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*ɢʷrab
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| 瞱
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*ɢʷrab
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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燁
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燁
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
yè
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yè
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ hip ›
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‹ hjep ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ɢʷ(r)p/
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/*ʷ(r)p/
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| English
|
shine, gleam
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gleam
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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燁
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燁
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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14827
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14832
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Phonetic
component
|
曄
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曄
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Rime
group
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盍
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緝
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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曄
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煜
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷab/
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/*ɢʷɯb/
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| Notes
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見漢賦
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見漢賦
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Definitions
燁
- (literary, of a flame) bright; magnificent; glorious
Synonyms
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
燁
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- bright
- glorious
- splendid
- flame
Readings
Korean
Hanja
燁 (eum 엽 (yeop))
- shine
- glorious
- flash in rapid succession
Vietnamese
Han character
燁: Hán Nôm readings: diệp
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References