炯

See also: 烱

Translingual

Han character

炯 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火月口 (FBR) or 難火月口 (XFBR), four-corner 9782₀, composition ⿰火冋)

1. bright, brilliant, clear
2. hot

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18956
• Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2195, character 16
• Unihan data for U+70AF

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Chinese

trad.		炯
simp. #		炯
alternative forms		烱／炯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 炯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
苘	*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
詗	*qʰʷeŋs, *qʰʷeːŋʔ
駉	*kʷeːŋ
坰	*kʷeːŋ
冋	*kʷeːŋ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ
絅	*kʷeːŋ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
扃	*kʷeːŋ
炯	*kʷeːŋʔ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ
迥	*ɡʷeːŋʔ
泂	*ɡʷeːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǒng (jiong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwing²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: chiung³
    • Yale: jyǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeong
    • Palladius: цзюн (czjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwing²
    • Yale: gwíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
    • Tâi-lô: kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hwengX, kwengX

Rime
Character	炯	炯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	青 (126)	青 (126)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	戸頂切	古迥切
Baxter	hwengX	kwengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦweŋX/	/kweŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷeŋX/	/kʷeŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛŋX/	/kuɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛjŋX/	/kwɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/ɣueŋX/	/kueŋX/
Wang Li	/ɣiweŋX/	/kiweŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiweŋX/	/kiweŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiòng	jiǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing6	gwing2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːŋʔ/, /*ɡʷeːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炯	炯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6901	6907
Phonetic component	冋	冋
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	熲	迥
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːŋʔ/	/*ɡʷeːŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 炯

1. bright, brilliant, clear
2. hot

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Japanese

Kanji

炯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. light
2. clear

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō); ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 炯らか); かま (kama)

Compounds

• 炯眼 (けいがん)

Alternative forms

• 烱 (俗字, zokuji)

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Korean

Hanja

炯 (eum 형 (hyeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

炯: Hán Việt readings: quýnh, quỷnh, huỳnh

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