炯

See also: 烱

炯	U+70AF, 炯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AF

← 炮
[U+70AE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

炰 →
[U+70B0]

Translingual

Han character

炯 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火月口 (FBR) or 難火月口 (XFBR), four-corner 9782₀, composition ⿰火冋)

Derived characters

𭱞

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18956
Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2195, character 16
Unihan data for U+70AF

Chinese

trad.		炯
simp. ^#		炯
alternative forms		烱／炯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 炯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
苘	kʰʷeŋʔ, kʰʷeːŋʔ
詗	qʰʷeŋs, qʰʷeːŋʔ
駉	*kʷeːŋ
坰	*kʷeːŋ
冋	kʷeːŋ, ɡʷeːŋʔ
絅	kʷeːŋ, kʰʷeːŋʔ
扃	*kʷeːŋ
炯	kʷeːŋʔ, ɡʷeːŋʔ
迥	*ɡʷeːŋʔ
泂	*ɡʷeːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǒng (jiong³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwing²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kuén
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kéng

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang² / guêng² / kuêng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cion

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyǒng
  - Wade–Giles: chiung³
  - Yale: jyǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeong
  - Palladius: цзюн (czjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwing²
  - Yale: gwíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwing²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guing²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɪŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kuén
  - Hakka Romanization System: guen^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guen³
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯en³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
  - Tâi-lô: kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang² / guêng² / kuêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuáng / kuéng / khuéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵²/, /kueŋ⁵²/, /kʰueŋ⁵²/

Note:

guang2 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Raoping;
guêng2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai;
kuêng2 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵cion
  - MiniDict: cion^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jion
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕioŋ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: hwengX, kwengX

Rime
Character	炯	炯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	青 (126)	青 (126)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	戸頂切	古迥切
Baxter	hwengX	kwengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦweŋ^X/	/kweŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷeŋ^X/	/kʷeŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛŋ^X/	/kuɛŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛjŋ^X/	/kwɛjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ɣueŋ^X/	/kueŋ^X/
Wang Li	/ɣiweŋ^X/	/kiweŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiweŋ^X/	/kiweŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiòng	jiǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing⁶	gwing²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːŋʔ/, /*ɡʷeːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炯	炯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6901	6907
Phonetic component	冋	冋
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	熲	迥
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːŋʔ/	/*ɡʷeːŋʔ/

Definitions

炯

Compounds

炯心
炯炯 (jiǒngjiǒng)
炯炯有光
炯炯有神
炯眼
炯誡 / 炯诫
炯鑒 / 炯鉴

Japanese

Alternative forms

烱 (俗字, zokuji)

Kanji

炯

(Hyōgai kanji)

light
clear

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)、ぎょう (gyō)
Kan-on: けい (kei)
Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 炯らか)、かま (kama)

Compounds

炯眼 (けいがん)

Korean

Hanja

炯 (eum 형 (hyeong))

Shining bright

Vietnamese

Han character

炯: Hán Việt readings: quýnh, quỷnh, huỳnh

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