燠

燠 U+71E0, 燠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71E0 ← 營 [U+71DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 燡 → [U+71E1]

Translingual

Han character

燠 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火竹月大 (FHBK), four-corner 9783₄, composition ⿰火奧)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 684, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19458
• Dae Jaweon: page 1097, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2235, character 1
• Unihan data for U+71E0

Chinese

trad.		燠
simp. #		燠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
襖	*quːʔ, *quːʔ
懊	*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
燠	*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
奧	*quːɡs
墺	*quːɡs, *quɡ
隩	*quːɡs, *quɡ
澳	*quːɡs, *quɡ
噢	*quʔ, *quɡ
薁	*quɡ
䉛	*quɡ

Etymology

According to Schuessler (2007), related to Burmese အိုက် (uik, “warm, stuffy”), and part of the same word family as 嫗 (OC *qos, “to incubate eggs”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù, ào (yu⁴, ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ, ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹ / ou² / jau¹ / ou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ào
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴
    • Yale: àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: juk¹ / ou² / jau¹ / ou³
    • Yale: yūk / óu / yāu / ou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷ / ou² / jau¹ / ou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹ / ou² / yeo¹ / ou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/, /ou̯³⁵/, /jɐu̯⁵⁵/, /ou̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: 'awX, 'awH, 'juwk

Rime
Character	燠	燠	燠
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	烏晧切	烏到切	於六切
Baxter	'awX	'awH	'juwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑuX/	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑuX/	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑuX/	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawX/	/ʔawH/	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑuX/	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ɑuX/	/ɑuH/	/ĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑuX/	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎo	ào	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou2	ou3	juk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːʔ/, /*quːɡs/, /*quɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燠	燠	燠
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	71	77	79
Phonetic component	奧	奧	奧
Rime group	幽	奧	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	襖	奥	郁
Old Chinese	/*quːʔ/	/*quːɡs/	/*quɡ/

Definitions

燠

1. warm
2. very hot; sweltering
3. warmth

Compounds

• 寒燠
• 燠休
• 燠寒
• 燠煜
• 燠熱 / 燠热
• 燠燥
• 鬱燠 / 郁燠

References

• “燠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

燠

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. embers

Readings

• On (unclassified): いく (iku)^{←ゐく (wiku, historical)}、う (u)、おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kun: あたたかい (atatakai, 燠かい)

Korean

Hanja

燠 (eumhun 따뜻할 욱 (ttatteuthal uk))
燠 (eumhun 위로할 우 (wirohal u))
燠 (eumhun 불 오 (bul o))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 燠

Vietnamese

Han character

燠: Hán Việt readings: úc
燠: Nôm readings: úc

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References

• Nom Foundation