燦

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: 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

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Chinese

trad.		燦
simp.		灿
alternative forms		粲

Glyph origin

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, 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
• Min Bei (KCR): chūing
• Min Dong (BUC): cháng
• Min Nan

  (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)⁺
    • Jyutping: caan³
    • Yale: chaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: can³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn³³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chūing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuiŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cháng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (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: /t͡sʰɑn^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰanH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑnH/
Bernard 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) 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

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Japanese

Kanji

燦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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)

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Korean

Hanja

燦 (eum 찬 (chan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

燦: Hán Nôm readings: xán

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