爞

爞 U+721E, 爞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-721E ← 爝 [U+721D] CJK Unified Ideographs 爟 → [U+721F]

Translingual

Han character

爞 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 火中戈戈 (FLII), four-corner 9503₆, composition ⿰火蟲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 687, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19615
• Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2249, character 8
• Unihan data for U+721E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
痋	*l'uːŋ
鉵	*l'uːŋ
赨	*l'uːŋ
爞	*l'uːŋ, *l'uŋ
蟲	*l'uŋ, *l'uŋs
融	*luŋ
瀜	*luŋ

Pronunciation 1

trad.		爞
simp.		烛*
alternative forms		蟲／虫

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóng, tóng (chong², tong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ / tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²
    • Yale: chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorng
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²
    • Yale: túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
    • Palladius: тун (tun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ / tung⁴
    • Yale: chùhng / tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ / tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ / tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/, /tʰʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwng, downg

Rime
Character	爞	爞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	冬 (5)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	直弓切	徒冬切
Baxter	drjuwng	downg
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋ/	/duoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋ/	/duoŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋ/	/doŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋ/	/dawŋ/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋ/	/doŋ/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋ/	/duoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋ/	/dʱuoŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóng	tóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung4	tung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'uːŋ/, /*l'uŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爞	爞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1505	1507
Phonetic component	蟲	蟲
Rime group	終	終
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	彤	蟲
Old Chinese	/*l'uːŋ/	/*l'uŋ/

Definitions

爞

1. dry hot air
2. Only used in 爞爞.

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

爞

1. Alternative form of 烔 (tóng)