爒

爒 U+7212, 爒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7212 ← 爑 [U+7211] CJK Unified Ideographs 爓 → [U+7213]

Translingual

Han character

爒 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月火大金火 (BFKCF), composition ⿰炙尞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 686, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19573
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2247, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7212

Chinese

simp. and trad.		爒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簝	*reːw, *reːw
潦	*reːwʔ, *reːws
獠	*reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑	*reːwʔ
橑	*reːwʔ, *reːw
燎	*rew, *rewʔ, *rews
繚	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
璙	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
憭	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
爒	*rewʔ, *reːwʔ
僚	*rewʔ, *reːw
嫽	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
療	*rews
膫	*rews, *reːw
鷯	*rews, *reːw
遼	*reːw
撩	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嘹	*reːw, *reːw, *reːws
寮	*reːw
飉	*reːw
竂	*reːw
鐐	*reːw, *reːws
蟟	*reːw
瞭	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嶚	*reːw
镽	*reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rewʔ, *reːwʔ) : semantic 炙 (“burn”) + phonetic 尞 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎo (liao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎo
    • Wade–Giles: liao³
    • Yale: lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu⁵
    • Yale: líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: lewX, ljewX

Rime
Character	爒	爒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	盧鳥切	力小切
Baxter	lewX	ljewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leuX/	/liᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/leuX/	/liɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/leuX/	/ljæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛwX/	/liawX/
Li Rong	/leuX/	/liɛuX/
Wang Li	/lieuX/	/lĭɛuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieuX/	/li̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎo	liǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu5	liu5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rewʔ/, /*reːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爒	爒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8083	8115
Phonetic component	尞	尞
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	繚	了
Old Chinese	/*rewʔ/	/*reːwʔ/

Definitions

爒

1. Alternative form of 燎 (liǎo, “to roast”)