燋

燋	U+71CB, 燋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71CB

← 燊
[U+71CA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

燌 →
[U+71CC]

Translingual

Han character

燋 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火人土火 (FOGF), four-corner 9083₁, composition ⿰火焦)

scorch, burn, scald
torch

Derived characters

𧂒

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 682, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19410
Dae Jaweon: page 1094, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2234, character 7
Unihan data for U+71CB

Chinese

trad.		燋
simp. ^#		燋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
癄	*ʔsrews
焦	*ʔsew
蕉	*ʔsew
鷦	*ʔsew
僬	ʔsew, ʔsews, *zew
噍	ʔsew, zews
膲	*ʔsew
鐎	ʔsew, zew
蟭	*ʔsew
燋	ʔsew, ʔsewɢ
醮	*ʔsews
潐	*ʔsews
趭	ʔsews, zews, *lews
樵	*zew
譙	*zew
憔	*zew
劁	zew, zews
顦	*zew
嶕	*zew
撨	zew, seːw
穛	*ʔsreːwɢ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāo (jiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiao
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹
  - Yale: jyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau
  - Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ziu¹
  - Yale: jīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsjew, tsjak

Rime
Character	燋	燋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	即消切	即略切
Baxter	tsjew	tsjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇu/	/t͡sɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛu/	/t͡siɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæu/	/t͡siɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siaw/	/t͡sɨak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛu/	/t͡siak̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛu/	/t͡sĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛu/	/t͡si̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu¹	zoek³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsew/, /*ʔsewɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燋	燋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6349	6368
Phonetic component	焦	焦
Rime group	宵	藥
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	焦	爵
Old Chinese	/*ʔsew/	/*ʔsewɢ/

Definitions

燋

cauterize
to scorch

Compounds

燋心
燋爛 / 燋烂
燋金流石
燋金爍石 / 燋金烁石
燋鑠 / 燋铄
燋頭爛額 / 燋头烂额
近火先燋

Japanese

Kanji

燋

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

From Middle Chinese 燋 (MC tsjew); compare Mandarin 燋 (jiāo):

Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 燋 (MC tsjak); compare Mandarin 燋 (zhuó):

Go-on: さく (saku)
Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)

Unknown: (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

On (unclassified): じょう (jō)、せき (seki)

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: こがす (kogasu, 燋がす)、こがれる (kogareru, 燋がれる)、こげる (kogeru, 燋げる)、たいまつ (taimatsu, 燋)

Compounds

燋(しょう)槁(こう) (shōkō)
燋(しょう)心(しん) (shōshin) (焦(しょう)心(しん))
燋(しょう)然(ぜん) (shōzen)
燋(しょう)爛(らん) (shōran) (焦(しょう)爛(らん))

Korean

Hanja

燋 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)