璀

璀 U+7480, 璀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7480 ← 瑿 [U+747F] CJK Unified Ideographs 璁 → [U+7481]

Translingual

Han character

璀 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土山人土 (MGUOG), four-corner 1211₄, composition ⿰𤣩崔)

1. lustre of gems
2. glitter
3. shine

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 740, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21193
• Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1135, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7480

Chinese

simp. and trad.		璀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嗺	*ʔslo, *ʔsluːl, *sluːl, *ʔslul, *ʔslulʔ
催	*sʰluːl
璀	*sʰluːlʔ
皠	*sʰluːlʔ
漼	*sʰluːlʔ
鏙	*sʰluːlʔ
摧	*zluːl
崔	*zluːl, *sʰluːl
慛	*zluːl
槯	*zluːl
繀	*sluːls
膗	*zruːl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuǐ (cui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi², ceoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuěi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui³
    • Yale: tswěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsoei
    • Palladius: цуй (cuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi², ceoi¹
    • Yale: chéui, chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey², tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu², cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshwojX

Rime
Character	璀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	七罪切
Baxter	tshwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰuʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰuoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰuɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwəjX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuᴀiX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰuɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰluːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璀
Reading #	1/1
No.	1878
Phonetic component	崔
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	皠
Old Chinese	/*sʰluːlʔ/

Definitions

璀

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 璀璀
• 璀璨 (cuǐcàn)
• 璀錯／璀错

 

References

• “璀”, 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

Kanji

璀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai); すい (sui)

Korean

Hanja

璀 • (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune–Reischauer ch'oe, Yale choy)

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