爌

Mandarin · pinyin huǎng#

Meanings · huǎng

  1. old variant of 晃 huǎng
  2. bright
Mandarin · pinyin kòng#

Meanings · kòng

  1. see 爌肉 kòng ròu
Mandarin · pinyin kuǎng#

Meanings · kuǎng

  1. flame light
Mandarin · pinyin kuàng#

Meanings · kuàng

  1. old variant of 曠 kuàng
  2. bright and spacious
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kong3 · kwong3

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character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 晃 (“bright; brilliant; dazzling”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 熀 (huǎng)

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 曠 /旷 (kuàng, “bright”)
  2. used in 爌炾/𤆓炾 and 爌熀/𤆓熀

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flame light

character

  1. (Taiwan) alternative form of 焢 (“to slow braise”)

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爌 · huang3 · kong4 · kuang3 · kuang4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 71,239, 71,240, 71,241, 71,242
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Exact source records爌 爌 [huang3] /old variant of 晃[huang3]/bright/爌 爌 [kong4] /see 爌肉[kong4 rou4]/爌 爌 [kuang3] /flame light/爌 爌 [kuang4] /old variant of 曠|旷[kuang4]/bright and spacious/