爇

爇 · ruò

burn

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
ruò
Cantonese
jyut3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

burn

Dictionary definitions & readings

爇 rè · heat; to burn

爇 ruò · burn; heat

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32244.060:ruò Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0978.030:ruò Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
318.150:ruò Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
ruò粵jyut3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ネツ ゼツ ネチ ゼイ ネイ やく Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
설:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
如劣 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TGIF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4433.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0686.170 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
498.45 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0330k Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7207
Radical
火 · 86
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
15
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7984

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
爇
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 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
nywet · 如劣 · 山合三入仙日 · #3508

PHONO-ML, source line 18215; 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
862.101
kDaeJaweon
1099.040
kGSR
0330k
kHanYu
32244.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1099.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32244.060
kIRGKangXi
0686.170
kKangXi
0686.170
kMatthews
3096
kMorohashi
19541:E0102
kSBGY
498.45
kSMSZD2003Index
405.13 604.12
kCangjie
TGIF
kFourCornerCode
4433.1
kMojiJoho
MJ016691 MJ016691:E0101 MJ016692:E0102
kPhonetic
962A 1593
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-6B42
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F26B
kIRG_JSource
J14-7027
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5641
kIRG_KSource
K1-644C
kIRG_TSource
T2-6575
kRSUnicode
86.15
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
F26B
kCCCII
225461
kCNS1986
2-6575
kCNS1992
2-6575
kEACC
225461
kGB3
7534
kJIS0213
2,80,07
kJis1
4231
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7984
kTaiwanTelegraph
3616
kXerox
304:171
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18042+86.4.14 C+18042+140.3.15
kCantonese
jyut3
kDefinition
burn
kFanqie
如劣
kHangul
설:1N
kHanyuPinyin
32244.060:ruò
kJapanese
ネツ ゼツ ネチ ゼイ ネイ やく
kJapaneseKun
YAKU
kJapaneseOn
ZETSU NECHI ZEI NEI NETSU
kKorean
SEL
kMandarin
ruò
kSMSZD2003Readings
ruò粵jyut3
kTGHZ2013
318.150:ruò
kXHC1983
0978.030:ruò

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 爇0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹熱$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.