燦

See also: 灿

燦 U+71E6, 燦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71E6 ← 燥 [U+71E5] CJK Unified Ideographs 燧 → [U+71E7]

Translingual

Han character

燦 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火卜水木 (FYED), four-corner 9789₄, composition ⿰火粲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 684, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19468
• Dae Jaweon: page 1097, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2240, character 15
• Unihan data for U+71E6

Chinese

trad.		燦
simp.		灿
alternative forms		粲

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
餐	*sʰaːn
湌	*sʰaːn
粲	*sʰaːns
燦	*sʰaːns
璨	*sʰaːns
薒	*sʰaːns
殩	*sʰoːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰaːns): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 粲 (OC *sʰaːns)

Etymology

Same word as 粲 (OC *sʰaːns). See there for etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): càn (can⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan³
• Northern Min (KCR): chūing
• Eastern Min (BUC): cháng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan⁴
    • Yale: tsàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsann
    • Palladius: цань (canʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caan³
    • Yale: chaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: can³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn³³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chūing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuiŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cháng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàn
    • Tâi-lô: tshàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshanH

Rime
Character	燦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒼案切
Baxter	tshanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰanH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	càn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燦
Reading #	1/1
No.	1120
Phonetic component	粲
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	粲
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːns/
Notes	見春秋繁露

Definitions

燦

1. vivid; illuminating
2. bright; lustrous

Compounds

• 光燦 / 光灿
• 光輝燦爛 / 光辉灿烂 (guānghuīcànlàn)
• 港燦 / 港灿 (gǎngcàn)
• 燈光燦爛 / 灯光灿烂
• 燦然 / 灿然 (cànrán)
• 燦然一新 / 灿然一新
• 燦燦 / 灿灿 (càncàn)
• 燦爛 / 灿烂 (cànlàn)
• 燦爛奪目 / 灿烂夺目
• 翠燦 / 翠灿
• 金燦燦 / 金灿灿 (jīncàncàn)
• 黃燦燦 / 黄灿灿

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 燦

燦

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. lustrous

Readings

• Go-on: さん (san)
• Kan-on: さん (san)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 燦らか)、きらめく (kirameku, 燦く)、きらめく (kirameku, 燦めく)、かがやく (kagayaku, 燦く)

Korean

Hanja

燦 (eum 찬 (chan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

燦: Hán Nôm readings: xán

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