燹

燹 · xiǎn

fire; wild fires

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xiǎn
Cantonese
sin2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

fire; wild fires

Dictionary definitions & readings

燹 xiǎn · conflagration

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32242.230:xiǎn,bìng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1248.070:xiǎn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
399.090:xiǎn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xiǎn粵sin2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
セン キ ヘイ ビョウ フン のび Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
희:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
蘇典 息淺 許位 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MOF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1180.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0685.240 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
288.16 290.28 352.30 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+71F9
Radical
火 · 86
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6326

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
燹
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
senX · 蘇典 · 山開四上先心 · #1602
Middle Chinese
sjenX · 息淺 · 山開三上仙心 · #1619
Middle Chinese
xwijH · 許位 · 止合三去脂曉 · #2211

PHONO-ML, source line 10679; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
861.503
kDaeJaweon
1098.130
kHanYu
32242.230
kIRGDaeJaweon
1098.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32242.230
kIRGKangXi
0685.240
kKangXi
0685.240
kMatthews
2719
kMeyerWempe
2807
kMorohashi
19508
kNelson
2815
kSBGY
288.16 290.28 352.30
kSMSZD2003Index
405.05
kCangjie
MOF
kFourCornerCode
1180.9
kMojiJoho
MJ016675
kPhonetic
1417
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6C5E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EFFB
kIRG_JSource
J0-6021
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5631
kIRG_KSource
K1-753C
kIRG_TSource
T2-6229
kRSUnicode
86.14
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
EFFB
kCCCII
225456
kCNS1986
2-6229
kCNS1992
2-6229
kEACC
225456
kGB0
7662
kGB1
7662
kJis0
6401
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3611
kTGH
2013:6326
kTaiwanTelegraph
3611
kXerox
274:365
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5594+86.4.14
kCantonese
sin2
kDefinition
fire; wild fires
kFanqie
蘇典 息淺 許位
kHangul
희:1N
kHanyuPinyin
32242.230:xiǎn,bìng
kJapanese
セン キ ヘイ ビョウ フン のび
kJapaneseKun
NOBI
kJapaneseOn
SEN
kKorean
HUY
kMandarin
xiǎn
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiǎn粵sin2
kTGHZ2013
399.090:xiǎn
kXHC1983
1248.070:xiǎn

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Structure & connections

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2dictionary records using 燹0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
豩 above 火 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱豩火$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱豩火$(GHTJKP)

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