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Translingual
Han character
𤈦 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+7, 11 strokes, composition ⿰火尾)
References
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 尾 (OC *mɯlʔ) – fire.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (“fire”); probably cognate with 火 (OC *qʰʷaːlʔ, “fire”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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𤈦
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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huǐ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xjwɨjX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m̥əjʔ/
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| English
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burn
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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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Definitions
𤈦
- (ancient Qi or Wu dialect) fire
Synonyms
- 火 (huǒ)
- (ancient Chu dialect) 㷄 (huǐ)