灹

灹 U+7079, 灹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7079 ← 灸 [U+7078] CJK Unified Ideographs 灺 → [U+707A]

Translingual

Han character

灹 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 火竹心 (FHP), composition ⿰火乇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 666, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18874
• Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2189, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7079

Chinese

trad.		灹
simp. #		灹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
咤	*ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs
吒	*ʔr'aːɡs
灹	*ʔr'aːɡs
矺	*ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
奼	*ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
侘	*hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs
詫	*hr'aːɡs
秅	*r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs
秺	*ʔl'aːɡs
亳	*blaːɡ
托	*l̥ʰaːɡ
託	*l̥ʰaːɡ
魠	*l̥ʰaːɡ
馲	*l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
侂	*l̥ʰaːɡ
飥	*l̥ʰaːɡ
仛	*l'aːɡ
虴	*pr'aːɡ
杔	*ʔr'aːɡ
乇	*ʔr'aːɡ
宅	*r'aːɡ
厇	*ʔr'eːɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhà (zha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhà
    • Wade–Giles: cha⁴
    • Yale: jà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaa³
    • Yale: ja
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: traeH

Rime
Character	灹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	陟駕切
Baxter	traeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨH/
Li Rong	/ȶaH/
Wang Li	/ȶaH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔr'aːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	灹
Reading #	1/1
No.	16902
Phonetic component	乇
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吒
Old Chinese	/*ʔr'aːɡs/

Definitions

灹

1. flame
2. sound of fire

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 灹 – see 燠 (“warm; very hot; sweltering; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 燠).