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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | syak | r̥ewk (W dialect: *r̥- > *x-, palatalizing) | melt, infuse |
| syak | r̥ewk (W dialect: *r̥- > *x-, palatalizing) | shine (v.) |
說文解字
《說文新附》：“爍，灼爍，光也。从火，樂聲。”
Sources
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)