chuā

sudden

To fan  flames  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
yán flame
SoundMeaning component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanghmɯd
Unicodexiuət

說文解字

有所吹起。从欠炎聲。讀若忽。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica