尞

Han character

 * 1) fuel used for sacrifices

Derived characters

 * 僚 嘹 㙩 嫽 嶛 憭 撩 潦 獠 遼 暸 橑 燎 璙 膫 瞭 繚(缭) 蟟 䜍 䝤 蹽 轑 鐐(镣) 镽 爒 𧄈 䩍 飉 䭜 𩻻
 * 䨅 鷯(鹩)
 * 寮 㞠 嶚 𦼔 療 竂 簝

Glyph origin
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The earliest oracle bone inscriptions show with dots around it representing flames – sacrifice with firewood. In some oracle bone inscriptions, was added to emphasize the fire used in the sacrifice.

In the bronze inscriptions, was often added as a phonetic component, as seen in  and. This component may have been the basis of the component found in late bronze inscriptions and in the seal script.

 interprets the character as.

Kanji

 * 1) fuel used for sacrifices

Hanja

 * 1) torchlight
 * 2) set fire to (a house), light a fuse