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爌

huǎng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (archaic) old variant of 晃, bright; dazzling
  2. 2 (in 爌肉, kòng) braised pork belly

Examples

古书用这个字当作晃的异体，意思是明亮。
Gǔ shū yòng zhège zì dàngzuò huǎng de yìtǐ, yìsi shì míngliàng.
Old texts use this character as a variant of 晃, meaning bright and dazzling.

Tips

history
Not used in modern Chinese for 'bright' — that is now 晃. It only surfaces today in the Taiwanese food name 爌肉 (slow-braised pork belly), where it is read kòng.
register
Archaic except in the regional dish name; otherwise found only in old texts and etymology notes.

Components

radical
火 huǒ
fire
The fire radical 火 supplies the core image — firelight, glare, and brightness, the same field as 晃 for which this is an old variant.
phonetic
廣 guǎng
wide (traditional of 广)
The right side is the full traditional 廣 (simplified 广), acting as the phonetic; its reading has drifted far from guǎng to huǎng / kuàng.

Stroke Order

爌 huǎng