暕

暕 U+6695, 暕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6695 ← 暔 [U+6694] CJK Unified Ideographs 暖 → [U+6696]

Translingual

Han character

暕 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+9, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 日木田火 (ADWF), four-corner 6509₆, composition ⿰日柬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 498, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14057
• Dae Jaweon: page 866, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1523, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6695

Chinese

simp. and trad.		暕

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蘭	*ɡ·raːn
攔	*ɡ·raːn
欄	*ɡ·raːn
瀾	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌	*ɡ·raːn
韊	*ɡ·raːn
幱	*ɡ·raːn
籣	*ɡ·raːn
躝	*ɡ·raːn
爛	*ɡ·raːns
爤	*ɡ·raːns
鑭	*ɡ·raːns
糷	*ɡ·raːns
斕	*ɡ·reːn
揀	*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬	*kreːnʔ
暕	*kreːnʔ
諫	*kraːns
練	*ɡ·reːns
鍊	*ɡ·reːns
煉	*ɡ·reːns
楝	*ɡ·reːns
萰	*ɡ·reːns
堜	*ɡ·reːns
湅	*ɡ·reːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn, lán (jian³, lan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ, ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Yale: jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lán
    • Wade–Giles: lan²
    • Yale: lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lan
    • Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaan²
    • Yale: gáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: keanX

Rime
Character	暕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古限切
Baxter	keanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛnX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚænX/
Shao Rongfen	/kænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨnX/
Li Rong	/kɛnX/
Wang Li	/kænX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kănX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	暕
Reading #	1/1
No.	6139
Phonetic component	柬
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	簡
Old Chinese	/*kreːnʔ/

Definitions

暕

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sunshower
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to dry something in the shade

Vietnamese

Han character

暕: Hán Nôm readings: giản