暅

暅 U+6685, 暅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6685 ← 暄 [U+6684] CJK Unified Ideographs 暆 → [U+6686]

Translingual

Han character

暅 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日心一一 (APMM) or 難日心一一 (XAPMM), composition ⿰日恒)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 497, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1526, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6685

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

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

	Old Chinese
烜	*qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
貆	*qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘	*ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
狟	*ɡoːn
絙	*ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
荁	*ɡoːn
宣	*sqʰon
咺	*qʰonʔ
暅	*qʰonʔ
桓	*ɡʷaːn
洹	*ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
揎	*sqʰʷan
愃	*sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
瑄	*sqʰʷan
渲	*sqʰʷans
喧	*qʰʷan
萱	*qʰʷan
暄	*qʰʷan
諠	*qʰʷan
翧	*qʰʷan
蝖	*qʰʷan
垣	*ɢʷan
楦	*qʰʷans

Probably a variant of 晅 (xuǎn).

Etymology 2 and 3

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 恆 (OC *ɡɯːŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		暅

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuǎn (xuan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹ / syun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan³
    • Yale: sywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: hyun¹ / syun²
    • Yale: hyūn / syún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹ / syn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹ / xun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/, /syːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwonX

Rime
Character	暅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	况晚切
Baxter	xjwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉɐnX/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɐnX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huanX/
Li Rong	/xiuɐnX/
Wang Li	/xĭwɐnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯wɐnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰonʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	暅
Reading #	1/1
No.	3958
Phonetic component	亘
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*qʰonʔ/
Notes	餘雲當刪玉篇作晅許遠切易説卦傳烜釋文作晅況晚切

Definitions

暅

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) halo of the Sun

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 123

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		暅
alternative forms		𣈶

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gèng (geng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gèng
    • Wade–Giles: kêng⁴
    • Yale: gèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genq
    • Palladius: гэн (gɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

暅

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to dry in the sun
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dry

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		暅

• Eastern Min (BUC): òng

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: òng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ouŋ⁵³/

Definitions

暅

1. (Eastern Min) a while
2. (Eastern Min) measure word for spells of precipitation and wind; also for a burst of smell

Compounds

• 仂暅