燔

燔 U+71D4, 燔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71D4 ← 燓 [U+71D3] CJK Unified Ideographs 燕 → [U+71D5]

Translingual

Han character

燔 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火竹木田 (FHDW), four-corner 9286₉, composition ⿰火番)

1. to roast
2. to burn

Derived characters

• 䕰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 683, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19426
• Dae Jaweon: page 1095, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2235, character 8
• Unihan data for U+71D4

Chinese

trad.		燔
simp. #		燔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皤	*paːl, *baːl
嶓	*paːl
番	*paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban
播	*paːls
譒	*paːls
鄱	*baːl
潘	*pʰaːn
蟠	*baːn, *ban
磻	*baːn
蕃	*pan, *ban
轓	*pan, *pʰan
鱕	*pan
鐇	*pan, *ban
藩	*pan, *ban
籓	*pan
橎	*panʔ
翻	*pʰan
幡	*pʰan
飜	*pʰan
旛	*pʰan, *ban
繙	*pʰan, *ban
燔	*ban
蹯	*ban
膰	*ban
羳	*ban
鷭	*ban
璠	*ban
襎	*ban
墦	*ban

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ban): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 番 (OC *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban).

Etymology

Related to 白 (OC *braːɡ) and 皤 (OC *paːl, *baːl), both meaning "white" (STEDT; Schuessler (2007)). See 白 for etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fán (fan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fán
    • Wade–Giles: fan²
    • Yale: fán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
    • Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁴
    • Yale: fàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân
    • Tâi-lô: huân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjon

Rime
Character	燔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	附袁切
Baxter	bjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ban/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	燔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fán
Middle Chinese	‹ bjon ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ar/
English	burn, roast
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	燔
Reading #	1/1
No.	2897
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	煩
Old Chinese	/*ban/

Definitions

燔

1. to burn

   • 商君教秦孝公以連什伍，設告坐之過，燔《詩》《書》而明法令，塞私門之請而遂公家之勞，禁游宦之民而顯耕戰之士。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     商君教秦孝公以连什伍，设告坐之过，燔《诗》《书》而明法令，塞私门之请而遂公家之劳，禁游宦之民而显耕战之士。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Shāngjūn jiāo Qín Xiàogōng yǐ lián shíwǔ, shè gàozuò zhī guò, fán “Shī” “Shū” ér míng fǎlìng, sè sīmén zhī qǐng ér suì gōngjiā zhī láo, jìn yóuhuàn zhī mín ér xiǎn gēngzhàn zhī shì. [Pinyin]

     Lord Shang taught Duke Xiao of Qin to organize groups of ten and five families, and establish the system of denunciation of crime and joint responsibility for offence, to burn the Books of Poetry and Documents and thereby make laws and orders clear, to bar the requests of private families and thereby encourage services to public offices, to prohibit idlers from purchasing official posts, and to celebrate farmers and warriors.

   • 殷紂燔生人，辜諫者，為炮烙，鑄金柱，剖賢人之心，析才士之脛，醢鬼侯之女。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     殷纣燔生人，辜谏者，为炮烙，铸金柱，剖贤人之心，析才士之胫，醢鬼侯之女。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Yīn Zhòu fán shēngrén, gū jiàn zhě, wéi páoluò, zhù jīn zhù, pōu xiánrén zhī xīn, xī cáishì zhī jìng, hǎi Guǐhóu zhī nǚ. [Pinyin]

     King Zhou of Shang burnt people alive, those who dared remonstrate dissected; the stake was invented, bronze pillar cast; hearts of the able and virtuous gouged out, feet of the talented were cut apart, and Marquis Gui's daughter turned into meat pie.

   • 案《史記•六國年表》，自令王二十一年至秦始皇三十四年燔書之歲，八十六年。及至太康二年初得此書，凡伍百七十九年。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     案《史记•六国年表》，自令王二十一年至秦始皇三十四年燔书之岁，八十六年。及至太康二年初得此书，凡伍百七十九年。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 282, Xun Xu, preface to The Travels of Mu, Son of Heaven

     Àn “Shǐjì•Liùguó Niánbiǎo”, zì jīnwáng èrshíyī nián zhì Qín Shǐhuáng sānshísì nián fán shū zhī suì, bāshíliù nián. Jízhì Tàikāng èr nián chū dé cǐ shū, fán wǔbǎiqīshíjiǔ nián. [Pinyin]

     According to The Records of the Grand Historian, Volume XV, from the 21^st year of “the current king”, i.e. King Xiang of Wei's reign to the 34^th year of Emperor Shihuang of Qin's reign, the year when books were burnt, there are 86 years. By the 2^nd year of Taikang era (281 CE) a total of 579 years had elapsed before the rediscovery of this text.

2. to roast; to toast

Compounds

• 燔書坑儒 / 燔书坑儒
• 燔柴 (fánchái)
• 燔灼
• 燔燎
• 燔肉
• 燔針 / 燔针
• 燔黍

Japanese

Kanji

燔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぼん (bon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kun: やく (yaku, 燔く)

Korean

Hanja

燔 • (beon) (hangeul 번, revised beon, McCune–Reischauer pŏn, Yale pen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

燔: Hán Nôm readings: phiền, phần

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