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Translingual

Han character

(radical 86 +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火廿一十 (FTMJ), four-corner 94854, composition)

  1. bright, shine

References


Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɢʷab, *ɢʷɯb
*ɢʷab
*ɢʷab, *ɢʷɯb
*ɢʷrab
*ɢʷrab
*ɢʷrab

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (156)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦjiap̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣjɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ hip › ‹ hjep ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷ(r)[ə]p/ /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)[a]p/
English shine, gleam gleam

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14827 14832
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷab/ /*ɢʷɯb/
Notes

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 煒燁炜烨
  • 燁然烨然
  • 燁煜烨煜
  • 燁燁烨烨

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bright
  2. glorious
  3. splendid
  4. flame

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(yeop) (hangeul , revised yeop, McCune-Reischauer yŏp, Yale yep)

  1. shine
  2. glorious
  3. flash in rapid succession