Character: 炎
Modern (Beijing) reading: yán
Preclassic Old Chinese: wam (?)
Classic Old Chinese: wam
Western Han Chinese: wam
Eastern Han Chinese: wam
Early Postclassic Chinese: wem
Middle Postclassic Chinese: wem
Late Postclassic Chinese: wem
Middle Chinese: ɦem
English meaning : to blaze, burn
Russian meaning[s]: 1) пламя; сжигать; горячий, жаркий; 2) воспалиться; воспаление; воспаленный
Comments: MC ɦem points to OC *wam, but the xiesheng series is basically a lateral one, thus OC *lam with an irregular development (MC ɦem instead of the expected *jem) may be also reconstructed.
Radical: 86
Four-angle index: 5488
Karlgren code: 0617 a-b
