爇
ruò

burn

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approved by inralback19 · Dec 26, 2025, 04:54 PM

熱 is also a meaning component

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Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 热 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component

艹 is a component form of 艸.

熱
熱 SoundMeaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnywetnot to burn

說文解字

《說文》:“爇,燒也。从火,蓺聲。《春秋傳》曰:‘爇僖負覉。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica