# 灼

| 灼 | U+707C, &#28796; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-707C |
| ← 灻 [U+707B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 災 → [U+707D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

灼 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 火心戈 (FPI) or 火心一 (FPM), four-corner 9782$_0$, composition ⿰火勺)

#### Derived characters

* 䓎, 𥭓, 𭴰

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 666, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18878
* Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2189, character 16
* Unihan data for U+707C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 灼 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 豹 | *preːwɢs |
| 趵 | *preːwɢs, *preːwɢ |
| 尥 | *breːw, *b·reːwɢs |
| 箹 | *ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ |
| 杓 | *plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 約 | *ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ |
| 扚 | *pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ |
| 釣 | *pleːwɢs |
| 瘹 | *teːwɢs |
| 芍 | *ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 酌 | *pljewɢ |
| 灼 | *pljewɢ |
| 勺 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
| 彴 | *pljewɢ |
| 犳 | *pljewɢ |
| 妁 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
| 汋 | *bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ |
| 仢 | *bljewɢ |
| 葯 | *qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ |
| 礿 | *lewɢ |
| 肑 | *preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 瓝 | *breːwɢ |
| 的 | *pleːwɢ |
| 靮 | *pleːwɢ |
| 馰 | *pleːwɢ |
| 玓 | *pleːwɢ |
| 魡 | *pleːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pljewɢ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 勺 (OC *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ).

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuó (zhuo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek$^3$ / coek$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chioh / chiok / chiak
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuó
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuó
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^2$
*** Yale: jwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo
*** Palladius: чжо (čžo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoek$^3$ / coek$^3$
*** Yale: jeuk / cheuk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek$^8$ / tsoek$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêg$^3$ / cêg$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœːk̚³/, /t͡sʰœːk̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh
*** Tâi-lô: tsioh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cioiq
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sioʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok
*** Tâi-lô: tsiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciog
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
*** Tâi-lô: tsiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siak̚³²/
* chioh - vernacular;
* chiok/chiak - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsyak
Rime :
| Character | 灼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 藥 (107) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之若切 |
| Baxter | tsyak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨɐk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɐk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cɨak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiak̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭak̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ak̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zoek$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pljewɢ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 灼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11190 |
| Phonetic component | 勺 |
| Rime group | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 灼 |
| Old Chinese | /*pljewɢ/ |

### Definitions

灼
* to burn; to scorch
* to broil; to roast
* to cauterize
* bright; shining; luminous
* Used in 灼然 (zhuórán, “obvious; clear”).
* (Cantonese or Cantonese cuisine) to briefly boil

#### Compounds

* 亮灼灼 (liàngzhuózhuó)
* 昭灼
* 桃灼呈祥 (táozhuóchéngxiáng)
* 氣勢熏灼／气势熏灼
* 深知灼見／深知灼见
* 灼亮
* 灼傷／灼伤 (zhuóshāng)
* 灼灼 (zhuózhuó)
* 灼然 (zhuórán)
* 灼熱／灼热 (zhuórè)
* 灼燒／灼烧
* 灼爍／灼烁
* 灼痛
* 灼背燒頂／灼背烧顶
* 灼臂
* 灼艾分痛
* 灼藥／灼药 (zhuóshuò)
* 灼見／灼见 (zhuójiàn)
* 灼見真知／灼见真知
* 灼骨
* 灼龜／灼龟
* 焦灼 (jiāozhuó)
* 燔灼
* 燒灼／烧灼 (shāozhuó)
* 燎灼
* 燥灼
* 真知灼見／真知灼见 (zhēnzhīzhuójiàn)
* 紅灼灼／红灼灼 (hóngzhuózhuó)
* 鑽灼／钻灼
* 閃灼／闪灼 (shǎnzhuó)
* 龜灼／龟灼

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02386
* “灼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 灼󠄂 灼+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| Kyūjitai | 灼 |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kun: やく (yaku, 灼く)、あらた (arata, 灼)、あらたか (arataka, 灼)

#### Compounds

* 灼熱(しゃくねつ) (shakunetsu)
* 灼眼(しゃくがん) (shakugan)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 灼
* あらた Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 灼 – see the following entry. :
| 【新あらた】 | [adjective] [from early 1000s] 灼: efficacious |
(This term, 灼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

灼 • (jak, sa) (hangeul 작, 사, revised jak, sa, McCune–Reischauer chak, sa, Yale cak, sa)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

灼: Hán Nôm readings: chước
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#### References

* Nom Foundation