# 爌

| 爌 | U+720C, &#29196; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-720C |
| ← 爋 [U+720B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 爍 → [U+720D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

爌 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 火戈廿金 (FITC), four-corner 9088$_6$, composition ⿰火廣)
* bright and spacious

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 686, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19548
* Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2243, character 13
* Unihan data for U+720C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 僙 | *kʷaːŋ |
| 廣 | *kʷaːŋʔ |
| 鄺 | *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ |
| 懬 | *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ |
| 爌 | *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ |
| 曠 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 矌 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 壙 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 纊 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 黃 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 璜 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 潢 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs |
| 簧 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 癀 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 鱑 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 獚 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 蟥 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 趪 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 櫎 | *ɡʷaːŋʔ |
| 擴 | *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ |
| 瀇 | *qʷaːŋʔ |
| 獷 | *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 觵 | *kʷraːŋ |
| 礦 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 鑛 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 穬 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 橫 | *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ |
| 黌 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 鐄 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 嚝 | *qʰʷraːŋ |
| 彉 | *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ |
| 彍 | *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huàng, kuàng, huǎng (huang$^4$, kuang$^4$, huang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˋ, ㄎㄨㄤˋ, ㄏㄨㄤˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huàng
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^4$
*** Yale: hwàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huanq
*** Palladius: хуан (xuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuàng
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuang$^4$
*** Yale: kwàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanq
*** Palladius: куан (kuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huǎng
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^3$
*** Yale: hwǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoang
*** Palladius: хуан (xuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: xwangX, khwangX, khwangH
Rime :
| Character | 爌 | 爌 | 爌 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 溪 (29) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (102) | 唐 (102) | 唐 (102) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I | I |
| Fanqie | 呼晃切 | 丘晃切 | 苦謗切 |
| Baxter | xwangX | khwangX | khwangH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hwɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰwɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰwɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰʷɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰʷɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xuɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰuɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hwaŋ$^X$/ | /kʰwaŋ$^X$/ | /kʰwaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xuɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰuɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xuɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰuɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xwɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰwɑŋ$^X$/ | /kʰwɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huǎng | kuǎng | kuàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fong$^2$ | fong$^2$ | fong$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaːŋʔ/, /*kʰʷaːŋs/, /*qʰʷaːŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爌 | 爌 | 爌 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 5371 | 5374 | 5379 |
| Phonetic component | 黄 | 黄 | 黄 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 懬 | 曠 | 慌 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷaːŋʔ/ | /*kʰʷaːŋs/ | /*qʰʷaːŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 見漢賦 | 同曠見漢賦 | 見漢賦 |

### Definitions

爌
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flame light
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 晃
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 熀 (huǎng)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 曠 / 旷 (kuàng, “bright”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in 爌炾／𤆓炾.
* (Taiwan) (～肉) slow-braised pork belly

### Compounds

* 爌炾 / 𤆓炾
* 爌熀 / 𤆓熀

## Korean
### Hanja

爌 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)
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