煽

See also: 搧

煽 U+717D, 煽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-717D ← 煼 [U+717C] CJK Unified Ideographs 煾 → [U+717E]

Translingual

Han character

煽 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火竹尸一 (FHSM) or 火戈尸一 (FISM), four-corner 9382₇, composition ⿰火扇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 678, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19272
• Dae Jaweon: page 1090, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2225, character 6
• Unihan data for U+717D

Chinese

trad.		煽
simp. #		煽
2nd round simp.		扇
alternative forms		扇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 煽
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (扇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
扇	*hljen, *hljens
煽	*hljen, *hljens
傓	*hljens

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljen, *hljens) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 扇 (OC *hljen, *hljens).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³
• Eastern Min (BUC): siĕng / siéng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹
    • Yale: shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin³
    • Yale: sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕng / siéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieŋ⁵⁵/, /siɛŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàn
    • Tâi-lô: siàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: syen, syenH

Rime
Character	煽	煽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式連切	式戰切
Baxter	syen	syenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇn/	/ɕiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛn/	/ɕiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæn/	/ɕjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕian/	/ɕianH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛn/	/ɕiɛnH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛn/	/ɕĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛn/	/ɕi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin1	sin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljen/, /*hljens/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	煽	煽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11078	11080
Phonetic component	扇	扇
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	羶	扇
Old Chinese	/*hljen/	/*hljens/

Definitions

煽

1. to fan; to invigorate fire
2. to incite; to instigate; to provoke

Compounds

• 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng)
• 煽情 (shānqíng)
• 煽惑 (shānhuò)
• 煽風點火／煽风点火 (shānfēngdiǎnhuǒ)
• 風火相煽／风火相煽

 

Related terms

• 搧 (shān)

Japanese

Kanji

煽

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. (literal) to fan; to flap
2. (figurative) to agitate; to stir up
3. to incite; to provoke; to instigate
4. to flatter

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: あおる (aoru, 煽る)^{←あふる (afuru, 煽る, historical)}、おだてる (odateru, 煽てる)、おこる (okoru, 煽る)

Korean

Hanja

煽 (eumhun 부칠 선 (buchil seon))

1. hanja form^? of 선 (“to fan”)

Compounds

• 선동 (煽動, seondong, “incitement, sedition, agitation, abetting”)

Vietnamese

Han character

煽: Hán Việt readings: phiến
煽: Nôm readings: phiến

1. chữ Hán form of phiến (“fanning flames”).