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Translingual
Han character
焚 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木木火 (DDF), four-corner 44809, composition ⿱林火)
- 㷊 (The bottom (火) has been abbreviated into 灬)
- 燓 (Based on the seal script form of the character)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 673, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19100
- Dae Jaweon: page 1081, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2208, character 9
- Unihan data for U+711A
Chinese
Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 火 (“fire”) + 林 (“trees”).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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焚
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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fén
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Middle Chinese
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‹ bjun ›
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Old Chinese
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/*u/
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English
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burn (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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焚
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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3195
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Phonetic component
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焚
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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汾
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Old Chinese
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/*bun/
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Definitions
焚
- to burn
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
焚
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 焚 (MC bjun). Recorded as Middle Korean 분〮 (pwún) (Yale: pwun) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
焚 (eumhun 불사를 분 (bulsareul bun))
- hanja form? of 분 (“burn”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 분신 (焚身, bunsin, “set oneself on fire”)
- 분사 (焚死, bunsa, “burning to death”)
- 분향 (焚香, bunhyang, “burning incense”)
- 분탕 (焚蕩, buntang, “squandering”)
- 분살 (焚殺, bunsal, “killing by setting fire”)
- 분화 (焚火, bunhwa, “setting on fire”)
- 분멸 (焚滅, bunmyeol, “incineration”)
- 분서갱유 (焚書坑儒, bunseogaeng'yu)
- 분신자살 (焚身自殺, bunsinjasal)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
焚: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phần, phừng
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