熠

熠 U+71A0, 熠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71A0 ← 熟 [U+719F] CJK Unified Ideographs 熡 → [U+71A1]

Translingual

Han character

熠 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火尸一日 (FSMA), four-corner 9786₂, composition ⿰火習)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 680, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19333
• Dae Jaweon: page 1092, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2230, character 3
• Unihan data for U+71A0

Chinese

trad.		熠
simp. #		熠
alternative forms		𦒉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摺	*ruːb, *ʔljob
磖	*ruːb
褶	*ʔljob, *l'ɯːb, *ljub, *ɦljub
慴	*ʔljob, *l'ɯːb
霫	*slub, *ljub
習	*ljub
鰼	*ljub
騽	*ljub, *ɢrub
飁	*ljub
槢	*ljub
熠	*ɢrub, *lub

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢrub, *lub) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 習 (OC *ljub).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ / jap¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i̍p / ip

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jap⁶ / jap¹
    • Yale: yahp / yāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ / jap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ / yeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚²/, /jɐp̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i̍p
    • Tâi-lô: i̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ip
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ip̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ip̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ip
    • Tâi-lô: ip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ib
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ip̚³²/

Note: ip - “to boil”.

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• Middle Chinese: hip, yip

Rime
Character	熠	熠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	緝 (142)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	爲立切	羊入切
Baxter	hip	yip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiɪp̚/	/jiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚip̚/	/jip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiep̚/	/jep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjip̚/	/jip̚/
Li Rong	/ɣjəp̚/	/iəp̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭĕp̚/	/jĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯əp̚/	/i̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jap6	jap6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢrub/, /*lub/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熠	熠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13395	13397
Phonetic component	習	習
Rime group	緝	緝
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	煜	熠
Old Chinese	/*ɢrub/	/*lub/

Definitions

熠

1. brilliant; bright and sparkling
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to boil in a covered pot over a slow fire with only a small amount of water

Compounds

• 熠沒／熠没
• 熠熠 (yìyì)
• 熠熠生輝／熠熠生辉
• 熠熠紅星／熠熠红星
• 熠熠閃亮／熠熠闪亮
• 熠燿／熠耀

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 熠 – see 煠 (“to fry in oil; to deep-fry; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 煠).

References

• “熠”, 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

熠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū)、しゅう (shū)、じゅう (jū)
• Kun: ひがり (higari)

Korean

Hanja

熠 • (seup) (hangeul 습, revised seup, McCune–Reischauer sŭp, Yale sup)

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Vietnamese

Han character

熠: Hán Việt readings: dập, tập

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