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Translingual
Han character
燹 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一人火 (MOF), four-corner 11809, composition ⿱豩火)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 685, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19508
- Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2242, character 23
- Unihan data for U+71F9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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燹
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*smanʔ, *smlɯːnʔ, *hmrɯls
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豳
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*mprɯn
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) - a group of pigs (豩) fleeing from a fire (火). The bronze script form has a hand with a stick (攴), indicating that the fire would have been started on purpose, in manner to get rid of the pigs. The large seal script form also has what looks like 爾 on the right side.
Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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燹
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燹
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燹
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Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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Initial (聲)
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心 (16)
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心 (16)
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曉 (32)
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Final (韻)
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先 (85)
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仙 (77)
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脂 (18)
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Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Closed
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Division (等)
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IV
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III
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III
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Fanqie
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蘇典切
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息淺切
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許位切
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Baxter
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senX
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sjenX
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xwijH
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/senX/
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/siᴇnX/
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/hˠiuɪH/
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Pan Wuyun
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/senX/
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/siɛnX/
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/hʷᵚiH/
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Shao Rongfen
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/sɛnX/
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/sjænX/
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/xiuɪH/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/sɛnX/
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/sianX/
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/hjwiH/
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Li Rong
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/senX/
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/siɛnX/
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/xjuiH/
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Wang Li
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/sienX/
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/sĭɛnX/
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/xwiH/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/sienX/
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/si̯ɛnX/
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/xwiH/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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xiǎn
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xiǎn
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huì
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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sin2
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sin2
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fai3
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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燹
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燹
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燹
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Reading #
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2/3
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1/3
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3/3
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No.
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833
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832
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834
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Phonetic component
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豩
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豩
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豩
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Rime group
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文
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元
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微
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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銑
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獮
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豷
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Old Chinese
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/*smlɯːnʔ/
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/*smanʔ/
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/*hmrɯls/
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Notes
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集韻改開口許利切
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Definitions
燹
- (literary) fire, especially wildfire or war fire
- (literary) to burn
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
燹
(Hyōgai kanji)
- wildfire
- backburn
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Compound of 野 (no, “field”) + 火 (hi, “fire”).[1][2] The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
An ancient variant seen in eastern Japan uses the dialectal reading nu for 野.[1]
Use of this kanji 燹 is rare, and is an example of jukujikun. The standard spelling is 野火.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
燹 • (nobi) (rare)
燹 • (nubi) (obsolete)
- a wildfire
Usage notes
Spelled using this kanji, 燹 excludes the "controlled agricultural burn" sense found found under the 野火 spelling.
Etymology 2
Compound of 火 (ho, “fire”) + 退く (soku, “to push away, to make distant”).[1]
The kun'yomi for 火 is usually hi, but it can appear as ho or fu, particularly in older compounds.
The soku changes to soke due to conjugation of the verb. Grammatically, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of soke indicates the transitive.[1]
Use of this kanji 燹 is rare, and is an example of jukujikun. The more common spelling is 火退.
Pronunciation
Noun
燹 • (hosoke) (rare)
- a backburn: a controlled fire deliberately set in the path of a wildfire to create a firebreak by removing combustible material
Usage notes
The more common word for this is 向火, 向かい火 (mukaibi).[1]
Synonyms
References
Korean
Hanja
燹 (eum 희 (hui))
- fire
- wild fires
Vietnamese
Han character
燹: Hán Nôm readings: tiển
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