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glimmer

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 25, 2021, 09:10 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 25, 2021, 09:10 PM

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Depicts the glimmering fire light (火) from two torches crossing each other (𤇾).

Components

𤇾
𤇾 Iconic component

Depicts two torches crossing each other.

火
火 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthweng[N]-qʷˤeŋ dazzle

說文解字

《說文》：“熒，屋下燈燭之光。从焱、冂。”

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)