爝

爝	U+721D, 爝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-721D

← 爜
[U+721C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

爞 →
[U+721E]

Translingual

Han character

爝 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 火月田戈 (FBWI), four-corner 9284₆, composition ⿰火爵)

spark
torch

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 687, character 33

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19614

Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 18

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2248, character 12

Unihan data for U+721D

Chinese

trad.		爝
simp. ^#		爝
alternative forms		焳 ancient

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
釂	*ʔsewɢs
皭	ʔsewɢs, zewɢ
爝	ʔsewɢs, ʔsewɢ, *zewɢ
爵	*ʔsewɢ
嚼	*zewɢ
穱	*ʔsreːwɢ
灂	*zreːwɢ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jué, jiào (jue², jiao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ, ㄐㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek⁶, ziu³, zoek³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jué
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²
  - Yale: jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
  - Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
  - Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
  - Yale: jyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
  - Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoek⁶, ziu³, zoek³
  - Yale: jeuhk, jiu, jeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁹, dziu³, dzoek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêg⁶, jiu³, zêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːk̚²/, /t͡siːu̯³³/, /t͡sœːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: tsjewH, tsjak, dzjak

Rime
Character	爝	爝	爝
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	藥 (107)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	子肖切	即略切	在爵切
Baxter	tsjewH	tsjak	dzjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇu^H/	/t͡sɨɐk̚/	/d͡zɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛu^H/	/t͡siɐk̚/	/d͡ziɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæu^H/	/t͡siɑk̚/	/d͡ziɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siaw^H/	/t͡sɨak̚/	/d͡zɨak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛu^H/	/t͡siak̚/	/d͡ziak̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛu^H/	/t͡sĭak̚/	/d͡zĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛu^H/	/t͡si̯ak̚/	/d͡zʱi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiào	jue	jué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu³	zoek³	zoek⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsewɢs/, /*ʔsewɢ/, /*zewɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爝	爝	爝
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7255	7257	7259
Phonetic component	爵	爵	爵
Rime group	豹	藥	藥
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	醮	爵	皭
Old Chinese	/*ʔsewɢs/	/*ʔsewɢ/	/*zewɢ/

Definitions

爝

(archaic) a torch made of bound reeds that was used for warding off evil spirits
(archaic) a small torch
- 日月出矣而爝火不息，其於光也，不亦難乎！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  日月出矣而爝火不息，其于光也，不亦难乎！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Rì yuè chū yǐ ér jué huǒ bù xī, qí yú guāng yě, bù yì nán hū! [Pinyin]
  If the sun and moon come out when one's own torch is not yet extinguished, would not its light pale in comparison?
(archaic) a small flame

Compounds

爝火
爝火微光

References

Hanyu Da Zidian (漢語大字典), Taipei: Jianhong Publishers (建宏出版社), 1998, →ISBN

Japanese

Kanji

爝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

small torch
bonfire

Readings

On (unclassified): しゃく (shaku); さく (saku); しょう (shō)

Kun: たいまつ (taimatsu)

Vietnamese

Han character

爝: Hán Nôm readings: tước

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