欻
chuāxū

sudden

To fan 欠 flames 炎; 欠 also provides the pronunciation

Components

炎
炎 Meaning component
yán flame
欠
欠 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