焰

See also: 焔 and 燄

焰 U+7130, 焰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7130 ← 焯 [U+712F] CJK Unified Ideographs 焱 → [U+7131]

Translingual

Han character

焰 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火弓竹X (FNHX), four-corner 9787₇, composition ⿰火臽)

Derived characters

• 𡓢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 675, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19141
• Dae Jaweon: page 1086, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2210, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7130

Chinese

trad.		焰/燄
simp.		焰
alternative forms		焔 熖 爓／𰟘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
萏	*l'oːmʔ
窞	*l'oːmʔ
惂	*kʰloːmʔ
輡	*kʰloːmʔ
錎	*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
埳	*kʰloːmʔ
臽	*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
淊	*ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ
欿	*ɡloːmʔ
蜭	*ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms
啗	*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
鵮	*ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms
餡	*ɡroːms
陷	*ɡroːms
爓	*ljom, *loms
諂	*l̥ʰomʔ
讇	*l̥ʰomʔ
閻	*lom
焰	*loms
壛	*lom
櫩	*lom
燄	*lomʔ
掐	*kʰroːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loms): phonetic 臽 (OC *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms) + semantic 火 (“fire”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶, jim⁴
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): iām / iāⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Yale: yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁶, jim⁴
    • Yale: yihm, yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶, jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶, yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/, /jiːm²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iām
    • Tâi-lô: iām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iam
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iam³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: via
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iã²²/

Note:

• iāⁿ - vernacular;
• iām - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: yemH

Rime
Character	焰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以贍切
Baxter	yemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiamH/
Li Rong	/iɛmH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*loms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	焰
Reading #	1/1
No.	13566
Phonetic component	臽
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	豔
Old Chinese	/*loms/
Notes	燄轉註分化字

Definitions

焰

1. flame

Compounds

• 光焰
• 光焰萬丈／光焰万丈
• 內焰／内焰
• 冷焰
• 凶焰 (xiōngyàn)
• 勢焰／势焰
• 外焰
• 太陽閃焰／太阳闪焰
• 放焰口
• 敵焰／敌焰
• 氧化焰
• 氣焰／气焰 (qìyàn)
• 氣焰囂張／气焰嚣张
• 氣焰熏天／气焰熏天
• 氫氧焰／氢氧焰
• 火焰 (huǒyàn)
• 火焰山 (Huǒyànshān)
• 火焰焰
• 烈焰 (lièyàn)
• 烈焰騰空／烈焰腾空
• 焰口
• 焰心
• 焰段
• 焰火 (yànhuǒ)
• 焰焰
• 焰硝
• 焰色分析
• 焰騰騰／焰腾腾
• 紅焰／红焰 (Hóngyàn)
• 還原焰／还原焰
• 飛蛾投焰／飞蛾投焰
• 飛蛾赴焰／飞蛾赴焰

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02415
• “焰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	焔
Kyūjitai	焰

Kanji

焰

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 焔)

1. flame
2. blaze
3. glowing
4. blazing

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)}
• Kun: ほのお (honō, 焰)^{←ほのほ (fonofo, 焰, historical)}; ほむら (homura, 焰)
• Nanori: ほのお (honō)

Compounds

• 焰色(えんしょく) (enshoku): flame colour
• 火焰(かえん) (kaen)
• 気焰(きえん) (kien)

Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of 焰 – see the following entry.

【炎】S [kanji] Hyōgaiji kanji Kanji reading: えん, ほのお, ほむら, もえる

(This term, 焰, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

【炎ほのお】S [noun] a flame [noun] (figuratively) an intense emotion, passion Alternative spellings 焔, 燄 【炎ほむら】S [noun] a flame [noun] (figuratively) an intense emotion, passion Alternative spellings 焔, 燄 【炎えん】S [affix] flame, blaze [affix] (figurative) passion, emotion Alternative spellings 焔, 燄

(This term, 焰, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (焔) of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 焰 (MC yemH). Recorded as Middle Korean 燄/염〯 (yěm) (Yale: yem) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

焰 (eumhun 불꽃 염 (bulkkot yeom))

1. Hanja form^? of 염 (“flame; blaze; glowing”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 세염 (勢焰, seyeom)
• 염초 (焰硝, yeomcho)
• 기염 (氣焰, giyeom)
• 홍염 (紅焰, hong'yeom)
• 기염 (氣焰, giyeom, “bluster”)
• 화색 (焰色, hwasaek, “flame colour”)
• 화염 (火焰, hwayeom, “flame”)
• 화염병 (火焰甁, hwayeombyeong, “Molotov cocktail”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

焰: Hán Nôm readings: diệm, diễm, diêm, dim

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