燹

Derived characters

 * 𨰖 𨷹 𩰟

Glyph origin
- a group of pigs (豩) fleeing from a fire (火). The bronze script form has a hand with a stick (攴), indicating that the fire would have been started on purpose, in manner to get rid of the pigs. The large seal script form also has what looks like 爾 on the right side.

Definitions

 * 1)  fire, especially wildfire or war fire
 * 2)  to burn

Kanji

 * 1) wildfire
 * 2) backburn

Compounds

 * : a fire caused by war; by extension, a battle

Etymology 1
Compound of.

An ancient variant seen in eastern Japan uses the dialectal reading nu for.

Use of this kanji 燹 is rare, and is an example of jukujikun. The standard spelling is.

Noun

 * 1) a wildfire

Usage notes
Spelled using this kanji, 燹 excludes the "controlled agricultural burn" sense found found under the spelling.

Etymology 2
Compound of.

The kun'yomi for is usually hi, but it can appear as ho or fu, particularly in older compounds.

The soku changes to soke due to conjugation of the verb. Grammatically, the of soke indicates the transitive.

Use of this kanji 燹 is rare, and is an example of jukujikun. The more common spelling is.

Noun

 * 1) a backburn: a controlled fire deliberately set in the path of a wildfire to create a firebreak by removing combustible material

Usage notes
The more common word for this is,.

Hanja

 * 1) fire
 * 2) wild fires