# 爓

| 爓 | U+7213, &#29203; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7213 |
| ← 爒 [U+7212] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 爔 → [U+7214] |

## Translingual
### Han character

爓 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 火日弓難 (FANX), four-corner 9782$_0$, composition ⿰火閻)
* flame
* brilliant, blazing

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 687, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19574
* Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2247, character 15
* Unihan data for U+7213

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 萏 | *l'oːmʔ |
| 窞 | *l'oːmʔ |
| 惂 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 輡 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 錎 | *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms |
| 埳 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 臽 | *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms |
| 淊 | *ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ |
| 欿 | *ɡloːmʔ |
| 蜭 | *ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms |
| 啗 | *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
| 鵮 | *ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms |
| 餡 | *ɡroːms |
| 陷 | *ɡroːms |
| 爓 | *ljom, *loms |
| 諂 | *l̥ʰomʔ |
| 讇 | *l̥ʰomʔ |
| 閻 | *lom |
| 焰 | *loms |
| 壛 | *lom |
| 櫩 | *lom |
| 燄 | *lomʔ |
| 掐 | *kʰroːb |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yàn (yan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^4$
*** Yale: yàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jim$^6$
*** Yale: yihm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm²²/
* Middle Chinese: yemH
Rime :
| Character | 爓 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以贍切 |
| Baxter | yemH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /jæm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiam$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛm$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯ɛm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]om-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*loms/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 爓 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yem$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]om-s/ |
| English | brightness |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爓 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 13569 |
| Phonetic component | 臽 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 豔 |
| Old Chinese | /*loms/ |

#### Definitions

爓
* Alternative form of 焰 (yàn, “flame”)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xún (xun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xún
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syún
*** Wade–Giles: hsün$^2$
*** Yale: syún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
*** Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyn³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: zjem
Rime :
| Character | 爓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 徐鹽切 |
| Baxter | zjem |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziᴇm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ziɛm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zjæm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ziam/ |
| Li Rong | /ziɛm/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭɛm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /zi̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cim$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[sə-l][ə]m/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljom/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 爓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xún |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zim › |
| Old Chinese | /*[sə-l][ə]m/ |
| English | sacrifice of boiled meat |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 13561 |
| Phonetic component | 臽 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 燅 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljom/ |
| Notes | 同燖 |

#### Definitions

爓
* Alternative form of 燖／𬊈

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* flame

#### Readings

(Can we verify this pronunciation?)
From Middle Chinese 爓 (MC yemH):
* Go-on: えん (en)
* Kan-on: えん (en)
* Kun: ほのお (honoo)
From Middle Chinese 爓 (MC zjem):
* Go-on: ぜん (zen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)