爊

爊	U+720A, 爊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-720A

← 爉
[U+7209]

CJK Unified Ideographs

爋 →
[U+720B]

Translingual

Han character

爊 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 火戈心火 (FIPF), four-corner 9083₁, composition ⿰火麃)

Derived characters

𧅃

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 686, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19546
Dae Jaweon: page 1099, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2246, character 3
Unihan data for U+720A

Chinese

trad.		爊
simp. ^#		爊
alternative forms		𤏶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鏖	*quː
𤏶	*quː
麀	*qɯw

Originally written 𤏶 (OC *quː), see there for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āo, áo (ao¹, ao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄠ, ㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āo
  - Zhuyin: ㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ao
  - Wade–Giles: ao¹
  - Yale: āu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: au
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: áo
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: áo
  - Wade–Giles: ao²
  - Yale: áu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngou⁴
  - Yale: ngòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: 'aw

Rime
Character	爊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	於刀切
Baxter	'aw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaw/
Li Rong	/ʔɑu/
Wang Li	/ɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	āo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou¹

Definitions

爊

(literary) to roast in ashes
(literary) to simmer over low fire
(literary) alternative form of 熬 (āo)