Chinese Character Wiki

燂

tán, qián

smoke

Evolution

燂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

燂  

tán

smoke, fumes; tobacco, opium; (Cant.) to singe

燂  

qián

to heat; to scorch

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*sə-lom

zjem

qián

heat; roast; boil (meat)

*[l]ˤom

dom

xún

to heat


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+71C2

Shuowen

“燂，火熱也。从火，覃聲。”


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