焰
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Translingual
Han character
焰 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火弓竹難 (FNHX), four-corner 97877, composition ⿰火臽)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 675, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19141
- Dae Jaweon: page 1086, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2210, character 7
- Unihan data for U+7130
Chinese
| trad. | 焰/燄 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 焰 | |
| alternative forms | 焔 熖 爓／𰟘 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 萏 | *l'oːmʔ |
| 窞 | *l'oːmʔ |
| 惂 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 輡 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 錎 | *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms |
| 埳 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 臽 | *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms |
| 淊 | *ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ |
| 欿 | *ɡloːmʔ |
| 蜭 | *ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms |
| 啗 | *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
| 鵮 | *ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms |
| 餡 | *ɡroːms |
| 陷 | *ɡroːms |
| 爓 | *ljom, *loms |
| 諂 | *l̥ʰomʔ |
| 讇 | *l̥ʰomʔ |
| 閻 | *lom |
| 焰 | *loms |
| 壛 | *lom |
| 櫩 | *lom |
| 燄 | *lomʔ |
| 掐 | *kʰroːb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *loms): phonetic 臽 (OC *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms) + semantic 火 (“fire”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jim6 / jim4
- Hakka
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieng5
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6yi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
- Wade–Giles: yen4
- Yale: yàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
- Palladius: янь (janʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jim6 / jim4
- Yale: yihm / yìhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim6 / jim4
- Guangdong Romanization: yim6 / yim4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːm²²/, /jiːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yam
- Hakka Romanization System: iam
- Hagfa Pinyim: yam4
- Sinological IPA: /i̯am⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yam
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iam
- Hagfa Pinyim: yam4
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯am⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: rham˖
- Sinological IPA: /ʒam³³/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ieng5
- Sinological IPA (key): /iɛŋ²¹/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- iāⁿ - vernacular;
- iām - literary.
- Middle Chinese: yemH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*loms/
Definitions
焰
Compounds
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02415
- “焰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
| 焔 | |
| 焰 |
Kanji
焰
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 焔)
Readings
- Go-on: えん (en)←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)
- Kan-on: えん (en)←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)
- Kun: ほのお (honoo, 焰)←ほのほ (fonofo, 焰, historical)、ほむら (homura, 焰)
- Nanori: ほのお (honoo)
Compounds
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 焰 – see the following entry. | ||||||
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| (This term, 焰, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) | ||||||
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| (This term, 焰, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (焔) of the above term.) |
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 焰 (MC yemH). Recorded as Middle Korean 燄/염〯 (yěm) (Yale: yem) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
焰 (eumhun 불꽃 염 (bulkkot yeom))
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
焰: Hán Nôm readings: diệm, diễm, diêm, dim
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