熸

熸	U+71B8, 熸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71B8

← 熷
[U+71B7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

熹 →
[U+71B9]

Translingual

Han character

熸 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火一山日 (FMUA), four-corner 9186₁, composition ⿰火朁)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 681, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19379
Dae Jaweon: page 1093, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2233, character 4
Unihan data for U+71B8

Chinese

trad.		熸
simp. ^#		熸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簪	ʔsɯːm, ʔsrɯm
撍	ʔsluːm, ʔsluːmʔ, ʔsluːms, ʔsrum
鐕	*ʔsluːm
憯	sʰluːmʔ, sʰlɯːmʔ
噆	sʰluːmʔ, ʔsluːb
朁	sʰlɯːmʔ, zlam
蠶	*zluːm
蚕	zluːm, hl'iːnʔ
糣	*sluːmʔ
熸	*ʔslom
鬵	zlam, zɯm, *ljɯm
灊	zlam, zɯm, *ljɯm
潛	zlom, zloms
僭	*ʔslɯːms
兓	*sl'ɯm
嶜	*zlum
兂	*ʔsrɯm
譖	*ʔsrums

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jian
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹
  - Yale: jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zim¹
  - Yale: jīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jim¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsjem

Rime
Character	熸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子廉切
Baxter	tsjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siam/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zim¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ts[o]m/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslom/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	熸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiān
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjem ›
Old Chinese	/*ts[o]m/
English	extinguish
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	熸
Reading #	1/1
No.	6705
Phonetic component	兓
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	尖
Old Chinese	/*ʔslom/

Definitions

熸

to extinguish; to put out (fire)