燄

See also: 焰 and 焔

燄	U+71C4, 燄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71C4

← 燃
[U+71C3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

燅 →
[U+71C5]

Translingual

Han character

燄 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓難火火 (NXFF), four-corner 2978₉, composition ⿰臽炎)

flame
blazing, brilliant

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 682, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19395
Dae Jaweon: page 1094, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2235, character 10
Unihan data for U+71C4

Chinese

trad.		燄
simp.		焰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 燄
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
萏	*l'oːmʔ
窞	*l'oːmʔ
惂	*kʰloːmʔ
輡	*kʰloːmʔ
錎	kʰloːmʔ, ɡroːms
埳	*kʰloːmʔ
臽	kʰloːmʔ, ɡroːms
淊	ɡloːmʔ, qroːm, qroːms, lomʔ
欿	*ɡloːmʔ
蜭	ɡloːmʔ, ɡluːms
啗	l'aːmʔ, l'aːms
鵮	ʔr'oːm, kʰroːm, *kʰroːms
餡	*ɡroːms
陷	*ɡroːms
爓	ljom, loms
諂	*l̥ʰomʔ
讇	*l̥ʰomʔ
閻	*lom
焰	*loms
壛	*lom
櫩	*lom
燄	*lomʔ
掐	*kʰroːb

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴
  - Yale: yàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jim⁶
  - Yale: yihm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/

Middle Chinese: yemX

Rime
Character	燄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以冉切
Baxter	yemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/jæm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiam^X/
Li Rong	/iɛm^X/
Wang Li	/jĭɛm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lomʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燄
Reading #	1/1
No.	13570
Phonetic component	臽
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	琰
Old Chinese	/*lomʔ/

Definitions

燄

alternative form of 焰 (yàn, “flame”)

Compounds

光燄 / 光焰
凶燄 (xiōngyàn)
氣燄 / 气焰 (qìyàn)
氣燄高張 / 气焰高张
火燄 / 火焰 (huǒyàn)
烈燄 / 烈焰 (lièyàn)
煙燄障天 / 烟焰障天
燄燄 / 焰焰

Japanese

Kanji

燄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)}^{←えむ (emu, ancient)}
Kan-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)}^{←えむ (emu, ancient)}
Kun: ほのお (honoo, 燄)^{←ほのほ (fonofo, 燄, historical)}

Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of 燄 – see the following entry.

【炎ほのお】S	[noun] a flame [noun] (figuratively) an intense emotion, passion Alternative spellings 焔, 焰
【炎ほむら】S	[noun] a flame [noun] (figuratively) an intense emotion, passion Alternative spellings 焔, 焰
【炎えん】S	[affix] flame, blaze [affix] (figurative) passion, emotion Alternative spellings 焔, 焰

(This term, 燄, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Vietnamese

Han character

燄: Hán Nôm readings: diễm, diệm

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