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Translingual
Han character
燮 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火火水 (FFE), four-corner 99407, composition ⿱⿲火言火又)
Derived characters
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 685, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19481
- Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 402, character 12
- Unihan data for U+71EE
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 燮
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*seːb
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| 躞
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*seːb
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In the oracle bone script, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : a hand (又) holding an object (?) among three or more fires (火). Meaning and significance uncertain.
Various hypotheses exist: possibly poking at firewood, holding a tool inside flames, lighting fires with a torch, etc.
Later, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 又 (“hand”) + 辛 (“tool”) + 炏 (“fire”). In the small seal script, the 辛 component came to be written 言, giving rise to the modern form.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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燮
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xiè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sep ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s.qʰˁ(r)ip/
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| English
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harmonious
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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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燮
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13797
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Phonetic
component
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燮
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Rime
group
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盍
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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燮
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Old
Chinese
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/*seːb/
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Definitions
燮
- (literary) to harmonize; to mediate; to bring together
- (literary) harmonious; amiable
- a surname
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
燮
(Hyōgai kanji)
- moderate
- alleviate
- boil over low heat
Readings
Korean
Hanja
燮 (eumhun 불꽃 섭 (bulkkot seop))
- harmonize, blend
- adjust