爍

爍 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 火女戈木 (FVID), four-corner 9289₄, composition ⿰火樂)

1. shine, glitter, sparkle

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 686, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19549
• Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2245, character 15
• Unihan data for U+720D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰljawɢ): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 樂 (OC *ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ).

Probably related to 曜 (OC *lewɢs, “to shine; daylight”); see there for more (STEDT).

爍

1. to glisten; to glimmer
2. bright; brilliant; glittering

   alt. forms: 鑠 / 铄 (shuò)

3. hot
4. to roast; to broil

   • 故上悖日月之明，下爍山川之精，中墮四時之施，惴耎之蟲，肖翹之物，莫不失其性。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     故上悖日月之明，下烁山川之精，中堕四时之施，惴耎之虫，肖翘之物，莫不失其性。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gù shàng bèi rìyuè zhī míng, xià shuò shānchuān zhī jīng, zhōng duò sìshí zhī shī, zhuìnuò zhī chóng, xiàoqiào zhī wù, mòbù shī qí xìng. [Pinyin]

     It is just as if, above, the brightness of the sun and moon were darkened; as if, beneath, the productive vigour of the hills and streams were dried up; and as if, between, the operation of the four seasons were brought to an end: in which case there would not be a single weak and wriggling insect, nor any plant that grows up, which would not lose its proper nature.

5. alternative form of 鑠 / 铄 (shuò, “to melt by heat; to fuse”)

爍

1. (Southern Min) to glisten; to glimmer

爍

1. only used in 爆爍／爆烁

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𭶒)

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• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kun: とかす (tokasu, 爍かす)

爍 (eum 삭 (sak))

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爍: Hán Nôm readings: thước

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