烘

烘 U+70D8, 烘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70D8 ← 烗 [U+70D7] CJK Unified Ideographs 烙 → [U+70D9]

Translingual

Han character

烘 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火廿金 (FTC), four-corner 9488₁, composition ⿰火共)

Derived characters

• 𥰲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 670, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19012
• Dae Jaweon: page 1079, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2198, character 17
• Unihan data for U+70D8

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 烘
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
港	*kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs
巷	*ɡroːŋs
衖	*ɡroːŋs
鬨	*ɡroːŋs, *ɡloːŋs
烘	*qʰloːŋ, *qʰloːŋs, *ɡoːŋ, *ɡloːŋs
洪	*ɡloːŋ
鉷	*ɡloːŋ
谼	*ɡloːŋ
葓	*ɡoːŋ
哄	*ɡloːŋs
蕻	*ɡloːŋs
恭	*kloŋ
供	*kloŋ, *kloŋs
龔	*kloŋ
珙	*kloŋ, *kloŋʔ
共	*kloŋ, *ɡloŋs
髸	*kloŋ
拱	*kloŋʔ
拲	*kloŋʔ, *kloɡ
蛬	*kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
栱	*kloŋʔ
輁	*kloŋʔ, *ɡloŋ
舼	*ɡloŋ
輂	*kloɡ

Etymology 1

trad.		烘
simp. #		烘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hōng (hong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ / hung⁴ / hong³ / hung³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hang / hong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hong¹ / hong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hong
    • Wade–Giles: hung¹
    • Yale: hūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hong
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hung¹ / hung⁴ / hong³ / hung³
    • Yale: hūng / hùhng / hong / hung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ / hung⁴ / hong³ / hung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ / hung⁴ / hong³ / hung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵/, /hʊŋ²¹/, /hɔːŋ³³/, /hʊŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hang / hong
    • Tâi-lô: hang / hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hafng, hofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haŋ⁴⁴/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ³³/, /hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ⁴⁴/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /haŋ⁴⁴/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haŋ⁴⁴/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• hang - vernacular ("to bake, to roast");
• hong - literary ("to set off, to highlight").

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hong¹ / hong⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hong / hông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ³³/, /hoŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: huwng, xuwng, huwngH, xuwngH

Rime
Character	烘	烘	烘	烘
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	I
Fanqie	戸公切	呼東切	胡貢切	呼貢切
Baxter	huwng	xuwng	huwngH	xuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuŋ/	/huŋ/	/ɦuŋH/	/huŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuŋ/	/huŋ/	/ɦuŋH/	/huŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuŋ/	/xuŋ/	/ɣuŋH/	/xuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwŋ/	/həwŋ/	/ɦəwŋH/	/həwŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣuŋ/	/xuŋ/	/ɣuŋH/	/xuŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣuŋ/	/xuŋ/	/ɣuŋH/	/xuŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuŋ/	/xuŋ/	/ɣuŋH/	/xuŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóng	hōng	hòng	hòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung4	hung1	hung6	hung3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰloːŋ/, /*qʰloːŋs/, /*ɡoːŋ/, /*ɡloːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	烘	烘	烘	烘
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	4154	4155	4159	4162
Phonetic component	共	共	共	共
Rime group	東	東	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	烘	烘	洪	哄
Old Chinese	/*qʰloːŋ/	/*qʰloːŋs/	/*ɡoːŋ/	/*ɡloːŋs/

Definitions

烘

1. (literal) to bake; to roast
2. (literal) to dry by fire or heat
3. (figurative) to set off; to play up; to showcase; to highlight

Synonyms

• (to set off):

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• 伴彈 / 伴弹 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 烘托 (hōngtuō)
• 襯托 / 衬托 (chèntuō)
• 陪襯 / 陪衬 (péichèn)

Compounds

• 亂烘烘 / 乱烘烘 (luànhōnghōng)
• 冬烘 (dōnghōng)
• 冬烘先生
• 怒烘烘
• 暖烘烘 (nuǎnhōnghōng)
• 毛烘烘
• 烘乾 / 烘干 (hōnggān)
• 烘乾機 / 烘干机 (hōnggānjī)
• 烘動 / 烘动
• 烘堂
• 烘培機 / 烘培机 (hōngpéijī)
• 烘托 (hōngtuō)
• 烘染
• 烘炒
• 烘烘 (hōnghōng)
• 烘烤 (hōngkǎo)
• 烘焙 (hōngbèi)
• 烘爐 / 烘炉 (hōnglú)
• 烘眼
• 烘碗機 / 烘碗机
• 烘箱 (hōngxiāng)
• 烘籠 / 烘笼
• 烘製 / 烘制
• 烘襯 / 烘衬
• 烘雲托月 / 烘云托月
• 熱烘烘 / 热烘烘 (rèhōnghōng)
• 臭烘烘 (chòuhōnghōng)
• 起烘
• 超烘
• 鬧烘烘 / 闹烘烘

Descendants

• → Proto-Tai: *truŋᴬ (“to cook (rice)”)
  • Ahom: 𑜍𑜤𑜂𑜫 (ruṅ)
  • Lao: ຫຸງ (hung)
  • Shan: ႁုင် (hǔng)
  • Thai: หุง (hǔng)

Etymology 2

trad.		烘
simp. #		烘
alternative forms		哄

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “same as 烘#Etymology 1 or 哄#Etymology 4?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁶ / hung³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Yale: huhng / hung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁶ / hung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²²/, /hʊŋ³³/

Note: hung3 - Hong Kong.

Definitions

烘

1. (Cantonese) mark of different colour, especially one that is due to contact with other objects

Japanese

Kanji

烘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)、ぐ (gu)、きょう (kyō)、く (ku)
• Kun: かがりび (kagaribi)

Korean

Hanja

烘 • (hong) (hangeul 홍, revised hong, McCune–Reischauer hong, Yale hong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

烘: Hán Nôm readings: hồng

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