Chinese Character 烫 Meanings and components.

Form

烫

Meaning

烫 meaning[3] in English

To Scald.

To Burn (By Scalding).

To Blanch (Cooking).

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with EHF

How to write 烫

To write烫tang4to scald you should write a combination of 汤tang1surname Tang , 火huo3surname Huo arranged in a 吕 shape:

汤 + 火 = 烫

烫 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

烫
Pinyin:tang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Scald . To Burn (By Scalding) . To Blanch (Cooking) . To Heat (Sth) Up In Hot Water . To Perm . To Iron . Scalding Hot
汤
Pinyin:tang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Tang
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
𠃓
Pinyin:𠃓5
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo

Notes

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

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

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