熭

熭 U+71AD, 熭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71AD ← 熬 [U+71AC] CJK Unified Ideographs 熮 → [U+71AE]

Translingual

Han character

熭 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸一火 (QJSMF), composition ⿱彗火)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 681, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19353
• Dae Jaweon: page 1092, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2227, character 6
• Unihan data for U+71AD

Chinese

trad.		熭
simp. #		熭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
櫘	*sqʰʷeds
彗	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids
篲	*sɢʷeds
鏏	*sɢʷeds
槥	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
轊	*sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
熭	*ɢʷeds, *ɢʷad
嘒	*qʰʷeːds
暳	*qʰʷeːds
嚖	*qʰʷeds
慧	*ɡʷeːds
蔧	*sɢʷids
雪	*sqʰʷed

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai⁶
    • Yale: waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwejH, hjwot

Rime
Character	熭	熭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	祭 (38)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	于歲切	王伐切
Baxter	hjwejH	hjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuᴇiH/	/ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚieiH/	/ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuæiH/	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjwiajH/	/ɦuat̚/
Li Rong	/ɣjuɛiH/	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɛiH/	/ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛiH/	/i̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷeds/, /*ɢʷad/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熭	熭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5470	5478
Phonetic component	彗	彗
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	衞	越
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷeds/	/*ɢʷad/

Definitions

熭

1. to sun; to expose to sunlight; to apricate
2. to dry by heat