熯

Translingual

Han character

熯 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火廿中人 (FTLO), four-corner 9403₄, composition ⿰火𦰩)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 681, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19355
• Dae Jaweon: page 1092, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2227, character 12
• Unihan data for U+71AF

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Chinese

trad.		熯
simp. #		熯

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàn (han⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ / hon²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàn
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴
    • Yale: hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hann
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hon³ / hon²
    • Yale: hon / hón
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ / hon²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ / hon²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³/, /hɔːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xanX, xanH

Rime
Character	熯	熯
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼旱切	呼旰切
Baxter	xanX	xanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑnX/	/hɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑnX/	/hɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑnX/	/xɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hanX/	/hanH/
Li Rong	/xɑnX/	/xɑnH/
Wang Li	/xɑnX/	/xɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑnX/	/xɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǎn	hàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon2	hon3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hnaːnʔ/, /*hnaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熯	熯
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	4904	4907
Phonetic component	暵	暵
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	䍐	漢
Old Chinese	/*hnaːnʔ/	/*hnaːns/
Notes		甲金文爲堇下火， 烘乾堇

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 熯

1. (literary) dry; arid
2. (literary) to dry with fire
3. (literary) to burn; to flame
4. (dialectal) to bake over a slow fire
5. (dialectal) to dry with little oil; to sauté
6. (dialectal) to steam
7. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 焊 (hàn, “to weld; to solder”).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǎn (ran³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǎn
    • Wade–Giles: jan³
    • Yale: rǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raan
    • Palladius: жань (žanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁵
    • Yale: yíhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nyenX

Rime
Character	熯
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	人善切
Baxter	nyenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵianX/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛnX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*narʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njanʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	熯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ nyenX ›
Old Chinese	/*narʔ/
English	respectful; to fear
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熯
Reading #	3/3
No.	4911
Phonetic component	暵
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蹨
Old Chinese	/*njanʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 熯

1. (literary) deferential; respectful

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: naan⁵
    • Yale: náahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 熯

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 戁／𫺷 (nǎn). (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

References

• “熯”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

熯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. by fire

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぜん (zen), ねん (nen), がん (gan)
• Kun: がわく (gawaku)

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Korean

Hanja

熯 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

1. by fire