琰
yǎn

jewel

The fire 炎 in a gem 王; 炎 also provides the pronunciation

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
炎
炎 SoundMeaning component
yán flame

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglamʔ
Unicodeiɛ̌m

說文解字

璧上起美色也。从玉炎聲。

Sources

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