烜
light of the sun, to dry in the sun
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Readings
On'yomi
- ケン
- テン
- カン
- キ
Kun'yomi
- かわ.かす
Meaning
烜 centers on the sun's light and its drying effect: the light of the sun, and drying something in that sunlight.
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Etymology
烜 combines 火 (fire) with 亘, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest spreading or extending, together expressing the sun's spreading light and heat.
Meaning mnemonic
Fire 火 beside 亘, which looks like a sun 日 over a horizon line 一, suggests the sun's fire spreading light and drying things.
Reading mnemonic
For ケン, imagine a ken (a range of sight) lit by the sun's light: ken -> ケン, and the sun dries everything within that ken.