燬

燬

燬 U+71EC, 燬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71EC ← 燫 [U+71EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 燭 → [U+71ED]

Translingual

Han character

燬 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火竹土水 (FHGE) or 火竹一水 (FHME), four-corner 9784₇, composition ⿰火毀)

References

• KangXi: page 685, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19478
• Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2241, character 4
• Unihan data for U+71EC

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Chinese

trad.		燬/毀*
simp.		毁*
2nd round simp.		⿰圼殳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
毀	*hmralʔ, *hmrals
燬	*hmralʔ
檓	*hmralʔ
毇	*hmralʔ
譭	*hmralʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hmralʔ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 毀 (OC *hmralʔ, *hmrals).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (“fire”); probably cognate with 火 (OC *qʰʷaːlʔ, “fire”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǐ (hui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): húi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěi
    • Wade–Giles: hui³
    • Yale: hwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai²
    • Yale: wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi
    • Tâi-lô: huí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huin²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: húiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hũĩ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /hˠiuᴇ^X/

Rime
Character	燬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許委切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/xjueX/
Wang Li	/xǐweX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmralʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燬
Reading #	1/1
No.	5452
Phonetic component	毀
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	毀
Old Chinese	/*hmralʔ/

Definitions

燬

1. ^† blazing fire
2. to burn up; to burn down

Compounds

失燬／失毁 損燬／损毁 炸燬／炸毁

焚燬／焚毁 熔燬／熔毁 燒燬／烧毁

燬災／毁灾 燬犀／毁犀

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Japanese

Kanji

燬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. blaze

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
• Kan-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
• Kun: やく (yaku, 燬く)

Compounds

• 焼燬(しょうき) (shōki)

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Korean

Hanja

燬 (eum 훼 (hwe))

1. burn down
2. blaze, fire

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Vietnamese

Han character

燬: Hán Nôm readings: hủy/huỷ

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