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Translingual

Han character

(radical 42 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大金日火 (KCAF), composition)

  1. fuel used for sacrifices

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 297, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7517
  • Dae Jaweon: page 592, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 565, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5C1E

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  (serious) +  (fire).

To sacrifice with firewood.

Pronunciation


References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. fuel used for sacrifices

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ryo>yo) (hangeul >, revised ryo>yo, McCune-Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

  1. torchlight
  2. set fire to (a house), light a fuse

Vietnamese

Han character

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