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Translingual
Han character
燃 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火月大火 (FBKF), four-corner 93833, composition ⿰火然)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 682, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19394
- Dae Jaweon: page 1094, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2235, character 11
- Unihan data for U+71C3
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 嘫
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*rneːn
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| 然
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*njen
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| 肰
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*njen
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| 繎
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*njon, *njen
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| 燃
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*njen
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| 蹨
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*njenʔ, *neːnʔ
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| 橪
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*njenʔ, *ʔneːn
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| 撚
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*neːnʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njen) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 然 (OC *njen) – burn with fire. Originally 然 (OC *njen), but because it was phonetically borrowed for abstract senses, 火 (huǒ) was added for differentiation.
Etymology
Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Jingpho nan (“to light”), shanan (“torch”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1
Note: literary.
Note: literary (riêng5 - Chaozhou).
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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燃
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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rán
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nyen ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.na/
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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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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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燃
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10759
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Phonetic
component
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肰
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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然
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Old
Chinese
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/*njen/
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| Notes
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俗然字，轉註
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Definitions
燃
- to burn; to be alight
- to ignite; to light
- to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)
- (neologism, slang) lit; awesome; cool; uplifting
- (neologism, slang) pumped up; hyper; stoked
Synonyms
- (to burn): 焚燒／焚烧 (fénshāo)
- (to ignite):
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| trad.
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燃
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| simp. #
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燃
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| alternative forms
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焚 Hokkien
炾 Hokkien; Teochew
煆 Teochew; Hainanese
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Note: hiâⁿ - vernacular.
Note: vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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燃
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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rán
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ nyen ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*C.na/
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| English
|
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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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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燃
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10759
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Phonetic
component
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肰
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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然
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Old
Chinese
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/*njen/
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| Notes
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俗然字，轉註
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Definitions
燃
- (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) to burn (wood, coal, etc.)
- (Hokkien, Teochew) to heat up; to boil (a liquid)
- 燃水 [Hokkien] ― hiâⁿ-chúi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to heat up water; to boil water
Japanese
Kanji
燃
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
- Burn, blaze, glow
Readings
Korean
Hanja
燃 (eumhun 탈 연 (tal yeon))
- hanja form? of 연 (“burn, light fire, ignite”)
Vietnamese
Han character
燃: Hán Nôm readings: nhiên, nhen
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