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)

1. spark
2. 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

Etymology

Likely related to 焦 (OC *ʔsew, “to scorch”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué, jiào (jue², jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ, ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek⁶ / ziu³ / zoek³

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• 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–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zoek⁶ / ziu³ / zoek³
    • Yale: jeuhk / jiu / jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁹ / dziu³ / dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêg⁶ / jiu³ / zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːk̚²/, /t͡siːu̯³³/, /t͡sœːk̚³/

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• 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	/t͡siᴇuH/	/t͡sɨɐk̚/	/d͡zɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛuH/	/t͡siɐk̚/	/d͡ziɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæuH/	/t͡siɑk̚/	/d͡ziɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siawH/	/t͡sɨak̚/	/d͡zɨak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛuH/	/t͡siak̚/	/d͡ziak̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛuH/	/t͡sĭak̚/	/d͡zĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛuH/	/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

1. (archaic) a torch made of bound reeds that was used for warding off evil spirits
2. (archaic) a small torch

   • 日月出矣而爝火不息，其於光也，不亦難乎！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     日月出矣而爝火不息，其于光也，不亦难乎！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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?

3. (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

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. small torch
2. 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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