jùn

to light

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire

fire

Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsluːns
ʔsluns
sʰlud

說文解字

然火也。从火夋聲。《周禮》曰:“遂䶴其焌。”焌火在前,以焞焯龜。

Sources

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