燊

燊 U+71CA, 燊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71CA ← 燉 [U+71C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 燋 → [U+71CB]

Translingual

Han character

燊 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火火火木 (FFFD), four-corner 9090₄, composition ⿱焱木)

1. luxuriant

Derived characters

• 𣟕, 𤒇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 682, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19408
• Dae Jaweon: page 1094, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2237, character 2
• Unihan data for U+71CA

Chinese

trad.		燊
simp. #		燊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 燊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēn (shen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shen
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹
    • Yale: shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
    • Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san¹
    • Yale: sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srin

Rime
Character	燊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所臻切
Baxter	srin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂin/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭen/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*srin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燊
Reading #	1/1
No.	11258
Phonetic component	燊
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	莘
Old Chinese	/*srin/

Definitions

燊

1. brisk, vigorous (of fire)