# 燦

| 燦 | U+71E6, &#29158; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71E6 |
| ← 燥 [U+71E5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 燧 → [U+71E7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

燦 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火卜水木 (FYED), four-corner 9789$_4$, composition ⿰火粲)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 684, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19468
* Dae Jaweon: page 1097, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2240, character 15
* Unihan data for U+71E6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 燦
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 餐 | *sʰaːn |
| 湌 | *sʰaːn |
| 粲 | *sʰaːns |
| 燦 | *sʰaːns |
| 璨 | *sʰaːns |
| 薒 | *sʰaːns |
| 殩 | *sʰoːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰaːns): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 粲 (OC *sʰaːns)

### Etymology

Same word as 粲 (OC *sʰaːns). See there for etymology.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): càn (can$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caan$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): chūing
* Eastern Min (BUC): cháng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cang$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: càn
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: càn
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻan$^4$
*** Yale: tsàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsann
*** Palladius: цань (canʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caan$^3$
*** Yale: chaan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: can$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːn³³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chūing
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuiŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cháng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàn
*** Tâi-lô: tshàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaxn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cang$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshàng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaŋ²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: tshanH
Rime :
| Character | 燦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蒼案切 |
| Baxter | tshanH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | càn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caan$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːns/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 燦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1120 |
| Phonetic component | 粲 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 粲 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰaːns/ |
| Notes | 見春秋繁露 |

### Definitions

燦
* vivid; illuminating
* bright; lustrous

### Compounds

* 光燦 / 光灿
* 光輝燦爛 / 光辉灿烂 (guānghuīcànlàn)
* 港燦 / 港灿 (gǎngcàn)
* 燈光燦爛 / 灯光灿烂
* 燦然 / 灿然 (cànrán)
* 燦然一新 / 灿然一新
* 燦燦 / 灿灿 (càncàn)
* 燦爛 / 灿烂 (cànlàn)
* 燦爛奪目 / 灿烂夺目
* 翠燦 / 翠灿
* 金燦燦 / 金灿灿 (jīncàncàn)
* 黃燦燦 / 黄灿灿

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* lustrous

#### Readings

* Go-on: さん (san)
* Kan-on: さん (san)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 燦らか)、きらめく (kirameku, 燦く)、きらめく (kirameku, 燦めく)、かがやく (kagayaku, 燦く)

## Korean
### Hanja

燦 (eum 찬 (chan))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

燦: Hán Nôm readings: xán
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