爞

爞	U+721E, 爞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-721E

← 爝
[U+721D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

爟 →
[U+721F]

Translingual

Han character

爞 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 火中戈戈 (FLII), four-corner 9503₆, composition ⿰火蟲)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 687, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19615
Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2249, character 8
Unihan data for U+721E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
痋	*l'uːŋ
鉵	*l'uːŋ
赨	*l'uːŋ
爞	l'uːŋ, l'uŋ
蟲	l'uŋ, l'uŋs
融	*luŋ
瀜	*luŋ

Pronunciation 1

trad.		爞
simp.		烛^*
alternative forms		蟲／虫

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chóng, tóng (chong², tong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ / tung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chóng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung²
  - Yale: chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorng
  - Palladius: чун (čun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²
  - Yale: túng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
  - Palladius: тун (tun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ / tung⁴
  - Yale: chùhng / tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ / tung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ / tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/, /tʰʊŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: drjuwng, downg

Rime
Character	爞	爞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	冬 (5)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	直弓切	徒冬切
Baxter	drjuwng	downg
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋ/	/duoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋ/	/duoŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋ/	/doŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋ/	/dawŋ/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋ/	/doŋ/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋ/	/duoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋ/	/dʱuoŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóng	tóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung⁴	tung⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*l'uːŋ/, /*l'uŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爞	爞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1505	1507
Phonetic component	蟲	蟲
Rime group	終	終
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	彤	蟲
Old Chinese	/*l'uːŋ/	/*l'uŋ/

Definitions

爞

dry hot air
only used in 爞爞

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

爞

alternative form of 烔 (tóng)