rán

(an ancient form of 然) to burn

Evolution

㸐 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
㸐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㸐 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

𬊾 () 

rán

(an ancient form of ) to burn; to light a fire

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.na[n]

nyen

rán

burn


Miscellaneous

Strokes

23

Simplified

Unicode

U+3E10

Shuowen

“然,燒也。从火,肰聲。,或从艸、難。”


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