灺

灺 U+707A, 灺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-707A ← 灹 [U+7079] CJK Unified Ideographs 灻 → [U+707B]

Translingual

Han character

灺 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 火心木 (FPD), four-corner 9581₇, composition ⿰火也)

1. end of a candle, candle stub

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 666, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18875
• Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2190, character 4
• Unihan data for U+707A

Chinese

trad.		灺
simp. #		灺
alternative forms		炧 炨 ancient

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 灺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	Old Chinese
他	*l̥ʰaːl
拖	*l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls
駞	*l'aːl
池	*l'aːl, *l'al
灺	*ljalʔ
鍦	*ɦljaːl, *hljal, *hljals
虵	*ɦljal, *laːlʔ, *lal
也	*laːlʔ
忚	*hleːl
髢	*l'eːls
杝	*l̥ʰalʔ, *l'alʔ, *lal
肔	*l̥ʰalʔ, *lalʔ
馳	*l'al
阤	*l'alʔ, *hljalʔ
施	*hljal, *hljals
絁	*hljal
葹	*hljal
弛	*hljalʔ
箷	*lal
衪	*lel, *lalʔ
暆	*lel
迆	*lal, *lalʔ
酏	*lal, *lalʔ
匜	*lal, *lalʔ
迤	*lalʔ
扡	*lalʔ
崺	*lalʔ
貤	*lals, *ɦljels, *lels
地	*l'els

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	灺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	徐野切
Baxter	zjaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziaX/
Pan Wuyun	/ziaX/
Shao Rongfen	/ziaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ziaX/
Li Rong	/ziaX/
Wang Li	/zĭaX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ze6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	灺
Reading #	1/1
No.	14770
Phonetic component	也
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	灺
Old Chinese	/*ljalʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce⁶ / se³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ce⁶ / se³
    • Yale: cheh / se
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse⁶ / se³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé⁶ / sé³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː²²/, /sɛː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō
    • Tâi-lô: tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: zjaeX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljalʔ/

Definitions

灺

1. (archaic) end of a candle; candle stub
2. (archaic) ashes (from a candle)
3. (obsolete, of candles or incense) to go out; to die out

Vietnamese

Han character

灺: Hán Việt readings: đả

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