# 炯

| 炯 | U+70AF, &#28847; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AF |
| ← 炮 [U+70AE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 炰 → [U+70B0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

炯 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火月口 (FBR) or 難火月口 (XFBR), four-corner 9782$_0$, composition ⿰火冋)

#### Derived characters

* 𭱞

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18956
* Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2195, character 16
* Unihan data for U+70AF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 炯
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 苘 | *kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 詗 | *qʰʷeŋs, *qʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 駉 | *kʷeːŋ |
| 坰 | *kʷeːŋ |
| 冋 | *kʷeːŋ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ |
| 絅 | *kʷeːŋ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 扃 | *kʷeːŋ |
| 炯 | *kʷeːŋʔ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ |
| 迥 | *ɡʷeːŋʔ |
| 泂 | *ɡʷeːŋʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǒng (jiong$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwing$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kuén
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kéng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): guang$^2$ / guêng$^2$ / kuêng$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$cion
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǒng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyǒng
*** Wade–Giles: chiung$^3$
*** Yale: jyǔng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeong
*** Palladius: цзюн (czjun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwing$^2$
*** Yale: gwíng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwing$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guing$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɪŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kuén
*** Hakka Romanization System: guen$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: guen$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯en³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
*** Tâi-lô: kíng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: keang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: guang$^2$ / guêng$^2$ / kuêng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuáng / kuéng / khuéng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ⁵²/, /kueŋ⁵²/, /kʰueŋ⁵²/
* guang2 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Raoping;
* guêng2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai;
* kuêng2 - Jieyang.
* Middle Chinese: hwengX, kwengX
Rime :
| Character | 炯 | 炯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (126) | 青 (126) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 戸頂切 | 古迥切 |
| Baxter | hwengX | kwengX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦweŋ$^X$/ | /kweŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷeŋ$^X$/ | /kʷeŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɛŋ$^X$/ | /kuɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwɛjŋ$^X$/ | /kwɛjŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣueŋ$^X$/ | /kueŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣiweŋ$^X$/ | /kiweŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣiweŋ$^X$/ | /kiweŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiòng | jiǒng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wing$^6$ | gwing$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːŋʔ/, /*ɡʷeːŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 炯 | 炯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6901 | 6907 |
| Phonetic component | 冋 | 冋 |
| Rime group | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 熲 | 迥 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷeːŋʔ/ | /*ɡʷeːŋʔ/ |

### Definitions

炯
* bright; brilliant
* clear; obvious
* (literary) flame; blaze

### Compounds

* 炯心
* 炯炯 (jiǒngjiǒng)
* 炯炯有光
* 炯炯有神
* 炯眼
* 炯誡／炯诫
* 炯鑒／炯鉴

## Japanese
### Alternative forms

* 烱 (俗字, zokuji)

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* light
* clear

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)、ぎょう (gyō)
* Kan-on: けい (kei)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 炯らか)、かま (kama)

#### Compounds

* 炯眼 (けいがん)

## Korean
### Hanja

炯 (eum 형 (hyeong))
* Shining bright

## Vietnamese
### Han character

炯: Hán Việt readings: quýnh, quỷnh, huỳnh
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