烜
xuǎn

light of the sun

To bake 火 in the sun 亘; 亘 also provides the pronunciation

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
亘
亘 SoundMeaning component
gèn, xuān, gèng turn around, turn back

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjweXqʷʰarʔ (dialect: *-r > *-j)sunlight
xjwonXqʷʰarʔto dry in the sun
Zhengzhangqʰrolʔ
qʰonʔ
Unicodexiuæ̌n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica