焫

焫

焫 U+712B, 焫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-712B ← 焪 [U+712A] CJK Unified Ideographs 焬 → [U+712C]

Translingual

Han character

焫 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火廿人月 (FTOB), composition ⿰火芮)

References

• KangXi: page 674, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19131
• Dae Jaweon: page 1086, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2203, character 9
• Unihan data for U+712B

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Chinese

Pronunciation

trad.		焫
simp. #		焫

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruò (ruo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruò
    • Wade–Giles: jo⁴
    • Yale: rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruoh
    • Palladius: жо (žo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐwɔ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiuᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	焫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	仙 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如劣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwiat̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*not/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	焫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ruò
Middle Chinese	‹ nywet ›
Old Chinese	/*not/
English	hot, burning; to burn
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	焫
Reading #	1/1
No.	9403
Phonetic component	內
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	爇
Old Chinese	/*njod/
Notes	同爇見禮記

Definitions

焫

1. ^‡ Alternative form of 爇 (ruò, “to ignite; to set on fire”).
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) to burn a needle applied to acupoints to stimulate them

Etymology 2

Compare Zhuang ndat (“hot”), Thai เดือด (dʉ̀ʉat, “to boil”).

Pronunciation

trad.		焫
simp. #		焫
alternative forms		烙 辣 㶧 𤊶

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): naat³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nat¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): nad⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naat³
    • Yale: naat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: nad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːt̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nat¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdat̚³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: nad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /nat̚¹/

Definitions

焫

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) (of hot objects) to burn; to scald; to sear

   我畀滾水焫嚫手。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我畀滚水焫𰈍手。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ bei² gwan² seoi² naat³ can¹ sau². [Jyutping]

   My hand was scalded by boiling water.

   焫嚫條脷／焫𰈍条脷 [Cantonese]  ―  naat³ can¹ tiu⁴ lei⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to burn one's tongue

2. (Cantonese, Hakka) very hot; scalding

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燙 (“boiling hot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燙
Mandarin	Beijing	燙
	Taiwan	燙
	Jinan	燙
	Xi'an	燙, 燒
	Wuhan	炟
	Chengdu	燙
	Guilin	燙
	Yangzhou	燙
	Hefei	燙
	Singapore	燒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	焫, 滾
	Hong Kong	焫, 滾
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	焫
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	淥
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	淥
	Taishan	焫
	Dongguan	焫
	Yangjiang	燙
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	淥
	Singapore (Guangfu)	滾
Gan	Nanchang	燒, 滾
	Pingxiang	滾
Hakka	Meixian	滾, 淥, 焫
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	燒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	燒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	燒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	燒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	燒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	燒
	Hong Kong	燒
	Senai (Huiyang)	燒, 淥
Jin	Taiyuan	燙, 燙人, 燒, 燒人
Min Bei	Jian'ou	燙
Min Dong	Fuzhou	灴
Min Nan	Xiamen	燙
	Kaohsiung	燒
	Yilan	燒
	Changhua (Lukang)	燒
	Taichung	燒
	Taichung (Wuqi)	燒
	Tainan	燒
	Taitung	燒
	Hsinchu	燒
	Penghu (Magong)	燒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	燒
	Manila (Hokkien)	燒
	Chaozhou	燙
	Bangkok (Teochew)	燙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	燒
Wu	Suzhou	燙
	Ningbo	燙
	Wenzhou	燙
Xiang	Changsha	燒𤐰, 𤐰
	Shuangfeng	辣

Compounds

焫㷫

焫手

焫雞／焫鸡

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Japanese

Kanji

焫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぜつ (zetsu), ねち (nechi)
• Kun: やく (yaku)