焱

焱 U+7131, 焱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7131 ← 焰 [U+7130] CJK Unified Ideographs 焲 → [U+7132]

Translingual

Han character

焱 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 火火火 (FFF), four-corner 9088₉, composition ⿱火炏)

1. flames

Derived characters

• 飈, 飚, 歘, 㲭, 飊, 燊

Additional Derived Characters

• 𢴵, 𭧲, 𰯚, 𧷼, 𨗄, 𩴩, 𠟡, 𨞇, 𮗝, 𦼐, 𤓟, 𢊽, 𣄡, 𤍢, 𠢸, 𩉅, 𧄣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 675, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19142
• Dae Jaweon: page 1086, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2211, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7131

Chinese

trad.		焱
simp. #		焱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 焱
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Triplication of 火 (“fire”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn, yì (yan⁴, yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ, ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵ / jim⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): 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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim⁵ / jim⁶
    • Yale: yíhm / yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵ / jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵ / yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³/, /jiːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: via
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iã²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iã⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iã²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iã³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iã³³/

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• Middle Chinese: yemH

Rime
Character	焱
Reading #	1/2
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	焱
Reading #	2/2
No.	14414
Phonetic component	焱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豔
Old Chinese	/*lams/

Definitions

焱

1. flame
2. spark

Synonyms

• (flame):

edit

• 火焰 (huǒyàn)
• 火舌 (huǒshé)
• 火苗 (huǒmiáo)
• 火頭 / 火头 (huǒtóu) (colloquial)

• (spark):

Dialectal synonyms of 火星 (“spark of fire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		焱
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		火星, 火星子, 火花
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	火星兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	火星子
	Xi'an	火星子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	火星子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	火星
Cantonese	Guangzhou	火屎, 火花
	Hong Kong	火屎, 火花
	Taishan	火屎
	Dongguan	火屎
Gan	Nanchang	火星子
	Lichuan	火星
	Pingxiang	火星
Hakka	Meixian	火屎
Huizhou	Jixi	火屎
Northern Min	Jian'ou	火焰仔, 火星仔, 火仔屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	火屎
	Quanzhou	火屎
	Tainan	火星
	Shantou	火屎
	Leizhou	火屎
Puxian Min	Putian	火星
	Xianyou	火星
Wu	Wenzhou	火種星
Xiang	Changsha	火星子
	Hengyang	火星子

Derived terms

• 焱悠
• 焱焱

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jik⁶
    • Yale: yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	焱
Reading #	2/2
No.	14414
Phonetic component	焱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豔
Old Chinese	/*lams/

Definitions

焱

1. alternative form of 焲 (yì)
2. firey

Pronunciation 3

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hik¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hik¹
    • Yale: hīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xwek

Rime
Character	焱
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	錫 (128)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	呼狊切
Baxter	xwek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/xuek̚/
Wang Li	/xiwek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiwek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hik1

Definitions

焱

1. spark

References

• “焱”, 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–
• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)
• zi.tools

Japanese

Kanji

焱

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. flames, blaze, cracking of flames

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 (honoo, 焱)^{←ほのほ (fonofo, 焱, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

焱 (eum 혁 (hyeok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

焱: Hán Nôm readings: yên

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References

• Nom Foundation