Chinese Character 炽 Meanings and components.

Form

炽

Meaning

炽 meaning[3] in English

To Burn.

To Blaze.

Splendid.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 炽 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Huo (火) , and only (只)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with FRC

How to write 炽

To write炽chi4to burn you should write a combination of 火huo3surname Huo , 只zhi3only arranged in a 吅 shape:

火 + 只 = 炽

炽 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 炽 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 炽, looks as follow:

炽
Pinyin:chi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Burn . To Blaze . Splendid . Illustrious
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo
只
Pinyin:zhi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Only . Merely . Just . But
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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