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 Dictionary: 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

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 / 形声, OC *hmralʔ): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 毀 (OC *hmralʔ, *hmrals).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǐ (hui³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): húi

(Teochew, Peng'im): huin²

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): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai²
  - Yale: wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (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/

Middle Chinese: xjweX

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
Baxter	xjweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiuᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjwiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/xjue^X/
Wang Li	/xǐwe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwie̯^X/
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

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) blazing fire
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 (shāohuǐ)
燬災 / 毁灾
燬犀 / 毁犀

Japanese

Kanji

燬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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)

Korean

Hanja

燬 (eum 훼 (hwe))

burn down
blaze, fire

Vietnamese

Han character

燬: Hán Nôm readings: hủy/huỷ

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