爨

爨 · cuàn

oven, cooking stove; cook

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
cuàn
Cantonese
cyun3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

oven, cooking stove; cook

Dictionary definitions & readings

爨 Cuàn · surname Cuan

爨 cuàn · cooking-stove; to cook

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32251.030:cuàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0182.030:cuàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
058.050:cuàn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
cuàn粵cyun3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サン セン かしぐ かまど Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
찬:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
七亂 七丸 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HBDDF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7780.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0688.210 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
403.28 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0177a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7228
Radical
火 · 86
Strokes
30
Residual strokes
25
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6499

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

30 strokes
爨
Strokes
30
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

30 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
tshwanH · 七亂 · 山合一去桓清 · #2651
Middle Chinese
tshwan · 七丸 · 山合一平桓清 · #4004

PHONO-ML, source line 14797; 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
862.501
kDaeJaweon
1101.080
kFennIndex
560.01
kGSR
0177a
kHanYu
32251.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1101.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32251.030
kIRGKangXi
0688.210
kKangXi
0688.210
kMatthews
6855
kMeyerWempe
3465a
kMorohashi
19648 19648:E0102 49272:E0103
kNelson
2821
kSBGY
403.28
kSMSZD2003Index
406.06
kCangjie
HBDDF
kFenn
580I
kFourCornerCode
7780.9
kHKGlyph
2447
kMojiJoho
MJ016728 MJ016728:E0102 MJ016729:E0103 MJ016731:E0104 MJ016730:E0105
kPhonetic
279 475A 881
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTH
kIRG_GSource
G0-6C60
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C679
kIRG_JSource
J0-6026
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5669
kIRG_KSource
K1-6E51
kIRG_TSource
T1-7D46
kRSUnicode
86.25
kTotalStrokes
30
kBigFive
C679
kCCCII
214A39
kCNS1986
1-7D46
kCNS1992
1-7D46
kEACC
214A39
kGB0
7664
kGB1
7664
kJis0
6406
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3627
kTGH
2013:6499
kTaiwanTelegraph
3627
kXerox
304:176
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5599+86.4.25
kCantonese
cyun3
kDefinition
oven, cooking stove; cook
kFanqie
七亂 七丸
kHangul
찬:1N
kHanyuPinyin
32251.030:cuàn
kJapanese
サン セン かしぐ かまど
kJapaneseKun
KASHIGU KAMADO
kJapaneseOn
SAN
kKorean
CHAN
kMandarin
cuàn
kSMSZD2003Readings
cuàn粵cyun3
kTGHZ2013
058.050:cuàn
kXHC1983
0182.030:cuàn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 爨0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below
⿱ Above / below
⿴ Full surround

Shape description
((𦥑 surrounds 同) above 冖) above 𤍾 · the shape used in China, South Korea
Source notation ^⿱⿱⿴𦥑同冖𤍾$(GK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱⿱⿴𦥑同冖𤍾$(GK)

^⿱⿱⿴𦥑⿵冂𬼽冖𤍾$(HT)

^⿱⿱⿴𦥑⿵冂⿱一{50}冖𤍾$(JP) · preserved, not fully parsed

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