𤈦

𤈦 U+24226, 𤈦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-24226 ← 𤈥 [U+24225] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𤈧 → [U+24227]

Translingual

Han character

𤈦 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+7, 11 strokes, composition ⿰火尾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 671, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2206, character 5
• Unihan data for U+24226

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𤈦

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 尾 (OC *mɯlʔ) – fire.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (“fire”); probably cognate with 火 (OC *qʰʷaːlʔ, “fire”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǐ (hui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěi
    • Wade–Giles: hui³
    • Yale: hwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai²
    • Yale: wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjw+jX

Rime
Character	𤈦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許偉切
Baxter	xjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hujX/
Li Rong	/xiuəiX/
Wang Li	/xĭwəiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥əjʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	𤈦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwɨjX ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥əjʔ/
English	burn
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.

Definitions

𤈦

1. (ancient Qi or Wu dialect) fire

Synonyms

• 火 (huǒ)
• (ancient Chu dialect) 㷄 (huǐ)