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燦

燦

See also: 灿

Translingual

Han character

燦 (radical 86 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火卜水木 (FYED), four-corner 97894)

  1. vivid, illuminating
  2. bright

References

  • KangXi: page 684, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19468
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1097, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2240, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+71E6

Chinese

trad. 燦
simp. 灿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (粲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
餐 *sʰaːn
湌 *sʰaːn
粲 *sʰaːns
燦 *sʰaːns
璨 *sʰaːns
薒 *sʰaːns
殩 *sʰoːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 燦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蒼案切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰanH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰɑnH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 càn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 燦
Reading # 1/1
No. 1120
Phonetic
component		 粲
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 粲
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰaːns/
Notes 見春秋繁露

Definitions

燦

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Compounds

  • 光燦／光灿
  • 光輝燦爛／光辉灿烂
  • 燈光燦爛／灯光灿烂
  • 燦然／灿然
  • 燦然一新／灿然一新
  • 燦燦／灿灿
  • 燦爛／灿烂 (cànlàn)
  • 燦爛奪目／灿烂夺目

Japanese

Kanji

燦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

燦 • ‎(chan) (hangeul 찬, revised chan, McCune-Reischauer ch'an, Yale chan)

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