炶

Translingual

Han character

炶 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火卜口 (FYR), composition ⿰火占)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 669, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18963
• Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2195, character 6
• Unihan data for U+70B6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		炶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
頕	*taːm
煔	*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
炶	*ɦlaːm
詀	*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
站	*rteːms
檆	*sreːm
黏	*nem
粘	*nem
枮	*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
霑	*tem
沾	*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
覘	*tems, *tʰem
鉆	*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占	*ʔljem, *tjems
颭	*tjemʔ
佔	*tjems, *teːm
苫	*hljem, *hljems
痁	*hljem, *teːms
蛅	*njem
阽	*lem
敁	*teːm
掂	*tiːm
點	*teːmʔ
玷	*teːmʔ, *teːms
店	*tiːms
坫	*tiːms, *tim
黇	*tʰeːm
扂	*deːmʔ
拈	*neːm
鮎	*neːm
砧	*ʔl'ɯm
笘	*teːb
跕	*teːb, *tʰeːb
貼	*tʰeːb
帖	*tʰeːb
怗	*tʰeːb
呫	*tʰeːb

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 炶 – see 閃 (“to dodge; to evade; to twist; to sprain; to pull a muscle; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 閃).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎn (shan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shan³
    • Yale: shǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sim²
    • Yale: sím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ham

Rime
Character	炶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡甘切
Baxter	ham
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦam/
Li Rong	/ɣɑm/
Wang Li	/ɣɑm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦlaːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炶
Reading #	1/1
No.	16693
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	酣
Old Chinese	/*ɦlaːm/
Notes	同煔

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 炶

1. the light from fires

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Vietnamese

Han character

炶: Hán Việt readings: trèm

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