爚

爚 U+721A, 爚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-721A ← 爙 [U+7219] CJK Unified Ideographs 爛 → [U+721B]

Translingual

Han character

爚 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+17, 21 strokes, cangjie input 火人一月 (FOMB), four-corner 9882₇, composition ⿰火龠)

1. bright
2. fiery

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 687, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19603
• Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2248, character 8
• Unihan data for U+721A

Chinese

trad.		爚
simp. #		爚
alternative forms		𤍼 𤐯 𤓀

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
讑	*lowɢs
籲	*los
爚	*hljowɢ, *lowɢ
禴	*lowɢ
蘥	*lowɢ
鑰	*lowɢ
瀹	*lowɢ
龠	*lowɢ
籥	*lowɢ
鸙	*lowɢ

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

Etymology

Probably related to 曜 (OC *lewɢs, “to shine; daylight”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	爚	爚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以灼切	書藥切
Baxter	yak	syak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐk̚/	/ɕɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐk̚/	/ɕiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑk̚/	/ɕiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨak̚/	/ɕɨak̚/
Li Rong	/iak̚/	/ɕiak̚/
Wang Li	/jĭak̚/	/ɕĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ak̚/	/ɕi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè	shuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek6	soek3

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爚	爚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16344	16349
Phonetic component	龠	龠
Rime group	藥	藥
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	爍	藥
Old Chinese	/*hljowɢ/	/*lowɢ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joek⁶
    • Yale: yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: yak, syak

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljowɢ/, /*lowɢ/

Definitions

爚

1. bright
2. fiery

References

• “爚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

爚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): やく (yaku)、しゃく (shaku)

Korean

Hanja

爚 • (yak) (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune–Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

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