# 爝

| 爝 | U+721D, &#29213; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-721D |
| ← 爜 [U+721C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 爞 → [U+721E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

爝 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 火月田戈 (FBWI), four-corner 9284$_6$, composition ⿰火爵)
* spark
* torch

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 687, character 33
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19614
* Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2248, character 12
* Unihan data for U+721D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 釂 | *ʔsewɢs |
| 皭 | *ʔsewɢs, *zewɢ |
| 爝 | *ʔsewɢs, *ʔsewɢ, *zewɢ |
| 爵 | *ʔsewɢ |
| 嚼 | *zewɢ |
| 穱 | *ʔsreːwɢ |
| 灂 | *zreːwɢ |

### Etymology

Likely related to 焦 (OC *ʔsew, “to scorch”); see there for more (STEDT).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jué, jiào (jue$^2$, jiao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ, ㄐㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek$^6$ / ziu$^3$ / zoek$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jué
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
*** Wade–Giles: chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
*** Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^4$
*** Yale: jyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoek$^6$ / ziu$^3$ / zoek$^3$
*** Yale: jeuhk / jiu / jeuk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek$^9$ / dziu$^3$ / dzoek$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêg$^6$ / jiu$^3$ / zêg$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœːk̚²/, /t͡siːu̯³³/, /t͡sœːk̚³/
* Middle Chinese: tsjewH, tsjak, dzjak
Rime :
| Character | 爝 | 爝 | 爝 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) | 精 (13) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 藥 (107) | 藥 (107) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 子肖切 | 即略切 | 在爵切 |
| Baxter | tsjewH | tsjak | dzjak |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siᴇu$^H$/ | /t͡sɨɐk̚/ | /d͡zɨɐk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siɛu$^H$/ | /t͡siɐk̚/ | /d͡ziɐk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sjæu$^H$/ | /t͡siɑk̚/ | /d͡ziɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡siaw$^H$/ | /t͡sɨak̚/ | /d͡zɨak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siɛu$^H$/ | /t͡siak̚/ | /d͡ziak̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭɛu$^H$/ | /t͡sĭak̚/ | /d͡zĭak̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ɛu$^H$/ | /t͡si̯ak̚/ | /d͡zʱi̯ak̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiào | jue | jué |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ziu$^3$ | zoek$^3$ | zoek$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsewɢs/, /*ʔsewɢ/, /*zewɢ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爝 | 爝 | 爝 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 7255 | 7257 | 7259 |
| Phonetic component | 爵 | 爵 | 爵 |
| Rime group | 豹 | 藥 | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 醮 | 爵 | 皭 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsewɢs/ | /*ʔsewɢ/ | /*zewɢ/ |

### Definitions

爝
* (archaic) a torch made of bound reeds that was used for warding off evil spirits
* (archaic) a small torch
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Rì yuè chū yǐ ér jué huǒ bù xī, qí yú guāng yě, bù yì nán hū! [Pinyin]
    If the sun and moon come out when one's own torch is not yet extinguished, would not its light pale in comparison?
* (archaic) a small flame

#### Compounds

* 爝火
* 爝火微光

### References

* Hanyu Da Zidian (漢語大字典), Taipei: Jianhong Publishers (建宏出版社), 1998, →ISBN

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* small torch
* bonfire

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しゃく (shaku)、さく (saku)、しょう (shō)
* Kun: たいまつ (taimatsu)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

爝: Hán Nôm readings: tước
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