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)

bright
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

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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶

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/

Middle Chinese: yak, syak

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ak̚/	/ɕi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè	shuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek⁶	soek³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hljowɢ/, /*lowɢ/

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/

Definitions

爚

bright
fiery

References

“爚”, 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

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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