jué

torch

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire

fire

Sound component
jué feudal title or rank

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsewɢs
ʔsewɢ
zewɢ

說文解字

苣火,祓也。从火爵聲。呂不韋曰:湯得伊尹,爝以爟火,釁以犧豭。

Sources

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