燹

燹 U+71F9, 燹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71F9 ← 燸 [U+71F8] CJK Unified Ideographs 燺 → [U+71FA]

Translingual

Han character

燹 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一人火 (MOF), four-corner 1180₉, composition ⿱豩火)

Derived characters

• 𨰖 𨷹 𩰟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 685, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19508
• Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2242, character 23
• Unihan data for U+71F9

Chinese

trad.		燹
simp. #		燹
alternative forms		𤐨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 燹
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
燹	*smanʔ, *smlɯːnʔ, *hmrɯls
豳	*mprɯn

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) - a group of pigs (豩) fleeing from a fire (火). The bronze script form has a hand with a stick (攴), indicating that the fire would have been started on purpose, in manner to get rid of the pigs. The large seal script form also has what looks like 爾 on the right side.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: sin²
    • Yale: sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sián
    • Tâi-lô: sián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: senX, sjenX, xwijH

Rime
Character	燹	燹	燹
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	仙 (77)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III	III
Fanqie	蘇典切	息淺切	許位切
Baxter	senX	sjenX	xwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/senX/	/siᴇnX/	/hˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/senX/	/siɛnX/	/hʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛnX/	/sjænX/	/xiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛnX/	/sianX/	/hjwiH/
Li Rong	/senX/	/siɛnX/	/xjuiH/
Wang Li	/sienX/	/sĭɛnX/	/xwiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sienX/	/si̯ɛnX/	/xwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn	xiǎn	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin2	sin2	fai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*smlɯːnʔ/, /*smanʔ/, /*hmrɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燹	燹	燹
Reading #	2/3	1/3	3/3
No.	833	832	834
Phonetic component	豩	豩	豩
Rime group	文	元	微
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	銑	獮	豷
Old Chinese	/*smlɯːnʔ/	/*smanʔ/	/*hmrɯls/
Notes			集韻改開口許利切

Definitions

燹

1. (literary) fire, especially wildfire or war fire
2. (literary) to burn

Compounds

• 兵燹 (bīngxiǎn)