# 爍

| 爍 | U+720D, &#29197; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-720D |
| ← 爌 [U+720C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 爎 → [U+720E] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 爍 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𭶒 |
| Simplified | 烁 |

### Han character

爍 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 火女戈木 (FVID), four-corner 9289$_4$, composition ⿰火樂)
* shine, glitter, sparkle

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 686, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19549
* Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2245, character 15
* Unihan data for U+720D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 樂 | *ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ |
| 轢 | *raːd, *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ |
| 濼 | *pqʰlaːwɢ, *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ, *pqʰloːwɢ, *roːwɢ, *roːwɢ |
| 躒 | *raːwɢ, *reːwɢ |
| 擽 | *rawɢ, *reːwɢ |
| 爍 | *qʰljawɢ |
| 鑠 | *qʰljawɢ |
| 藥 | *lawɢ |
| 櫟 | *lawɢ, *reːwɢ |
| 纅 | *lawɢ |
| 礫 | *reːwɢ |
| 瓅 | *reːwɢ |
| 皪 | *reːwɢ |
| 觻 | *reːwɢ, *roːwɢ |
| 嚛 | *qʰloːwɢ, *qʰloːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰljawɢ): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 樂 (OC *ŋraːwɢs, *raːwɢ, *ŋraːwɢ).

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuò (shuo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soek$^3$ / lik$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siok / siak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iag$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuò
*** Wade–Giles: shuo$^4$
*** Yale: shwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoh
*** Palladius: шо (šo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soek$^3$ / lik$^1$
*** Yale: seuk / līk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soek$^8$ / lik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêg$^3$ / lig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːk̚³/, /lɪk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok
*** Tâi-lô: siok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siog
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
*** Tâi-lô: siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siag
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siak̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iag$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iak
*** Sinological IPA : /iak̚²/
* Middle Chinese: syak
Rime :
| Character | 爍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 藥 (107) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 書藥切 |
| Baxter | syak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕɨɐk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɐk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕɨak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiak̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭak̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ak̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shuo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | soek$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥ewk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰljawɢ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 爍 | 爍 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shuò | shuò |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syak › | ‹ syak › |
| Old Chinese | /*r̥ewk/ (W dialect: *r̥- > *x-, palatalizing) | /*r̥ewk/ (W dialect: *r̥- > *x-, palatalizing) |
| English | melt, infuse | shine (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7678 |
| Phonetic component | 樂 |
| Rime group | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 爍 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰljawɢ/ |

#### Definitions

爍
* to glisten; to glimmer
* bright; brilliant; glittering
    alt. forms: 鑠 / 铄 (shuò)
* hot
* to roast; to broil
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Gù shàng bèi rìyuè zhī míng, xià shuò shānchuān zhī jīng, zhōng duò sìshí zhī shī, zhuìnuò zhī chóng, xiàoqiào zhī wù, mòbù shī qí xìng. [Pinyin]
    It is just as if, above, the brightness of the sun and moon were darkened; as if, beneath, the productive vigour of the hills and streams were dried up; and as if, between, the operation of the four seasons were brought to an end: in which case there would not be a single weak and wriggling insect, nor any plant that grows up, which would not lose its proper nature.
* Alternative form of 鑠 / 铄 (shuò, “to melt by heat; to fuse”)

#### Compounds

* 灼爍 / 灼烁
* 焯爍 / 焯烁
* 燂爍 / 燂烁
* 燋金爍石 / 燋金烁石
* 爍亮 / 烁亮
* 爍爍 / 烁烁
* 爍爚 / 烁爚
* 爍石流金 / 烁石流金
* 爍金 / 烁金
* 閃爍 / 闪烁 (shǎnshuò)
* 閃爍其詞 / 闪烁其词 (shǎnshuòqící)
* 閃閃爍爍 / 闪闪烁烁

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sihⁿ / sih / síⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sih$^4$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sihⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sinnh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sviq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sĩʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sih
*** Tâi-lô: sih
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siq
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: síⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sínn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: svie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sih$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sih
*** Sinological IPA : /siʔ²/

#### Definitions

爍
* (Southern Min) to glisten; to glimmer

#### Compounds

* 爍爁 / 烁𬊶 (Min Nan)
* 𥍉爍 / 𱳅烁 (Min Nan)
* 閃爍 / 闪烁 (Min Nan)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): luò (luo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lok$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: luò
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: luò
*** Wade–Giles: lo$^4$
*** Yale: lwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoh
*** Palladius: ло (lo)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lok$^6$
*** Yale: lohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: log$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔːk̚²/

#### Definitions

爍
* Only used in 爆爍／爆烁.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 𭶒 |
| Kyūjitai | 爍 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𭶒)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kun: とかす (tokasu, 爍かす)

## Korean
### Hanja

爍 (eum 삭 (sak))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

爍: Hán Nôm readings: thước
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