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Translingual
Han character
爍 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 火女戈木 (FVID), four-corner 92894, composition ⿰火樂)
- shine, glitter, sparkle
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 686, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19549
- Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2245, character 15
- Unihan data for U+720D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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樂
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*ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ
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轢
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*raːd, *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ
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濼
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*pqʰlaːwɢ, *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ, *pqʰloːwɢ, *roːwɢ, *roːwɢ
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躒
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*raːwɢ, *reːwɢ
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擽
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*rawɢ, *reːwɢ
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爍
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*qʰljawɢ
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鑠
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*qʰljawɢ
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藥
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*lawɢ
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櫟
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*lawɢ, *reːwɢ
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纅
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*lawɢ
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礫
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*reːwɢ
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瓅
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*reːwɢ
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皪
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*reːwɢ
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觻
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*reːwɢ, *roːwɢ
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嚛
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*qʰloːwɢ, *qʰloːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qʰljawɢ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 樂 (OC *ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ).
Etymology 1
Probably related to 曜 (OC *lewɢs, “to shine; daylight”); see there for more (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Note: lik1 — common variant.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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爍
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爍
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shuò
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shuò
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Middle Chinese
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‹ syak ›
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‹ syak ›
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Old Chinese
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/*r̥ewk/ (W dialect: *r̥- > *x-, palatalizing)
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/*r̥ewk/ (W dialect: *r̥- > *x-, palatalizing)
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English
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melt, infuse
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shine (v.)
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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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爍
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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7678
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Phonetic component
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樂
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Rime group
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藥
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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爍
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰljawɢ/
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Definitions
爍
- to glisten; to glimmer
- bright; brilliant; glittering
- alt. forms: 鑠/铄 (shuò)
- hot
- to roast; to broil
故上悖日月之明,下爍山川之精,中墮四時之施,惴耎之蟲,肖翹之物,莫不失其性。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
故上悖日月之明,下烁山川之精,中堕四时之施,惴耎之虫,肖翘之物,莫不失其性。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Gù shàng bèi rìyuè zhī míng, xià shuò shānchuān zhī jīng, zhōng duò sìshí zhī shī, zhuìnuò zhī chóng, xiàoqiào zhī wù, mòbù shī qí xìng.
- It is just as if, above, the brightness of the sun and moon were darkened; as if, beneath, the productive vigour of the hills and streams were dried up; and as if, between, the operation of the four seasons were brought to an end: in which case there would not be a single weak and wriggling insect, nor any plant that grows up, which would not lose its proper nature.
- Alternative form of 鑠/铄 (shuò, “to melt by heat; to fuse”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
爍
- (Southern Min) to glisten; to glimmer
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
爍
- Only used in 爆爍/爆烁.
Japanese
Kanji
爍
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𭶒)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
爍 (eum 삭 (sak))
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Vietnamese
Han character
爍: Hán Nôm readings: thước
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