烜赫
xuǎn​hè

illustrious

烜 xuǎn, xuān, huǐ 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

赫 hè, shì bright

Duplicate of 赤, a bright red color.

Components

赤
赤 Meaning component
chì red
赤
赤 Meaning component
chì red

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

嚇

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxaekqʰˤrak red, fiery

說文解字

《說文》：“赫，火赤皃。从二赤。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)