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炙

zhì

to roast, to broil; to cauterize

🔤 Pictophonetic: 火 (fire) provides meaning, 月 provides pronunciation

HSK 8 strokes Uncommon (37%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

⿱月火 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

yuè

月

moon; month

📷 Pictographic: A crescent moon

4 strokes HSK 1

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

huǒ

火

fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

📷 Pictographic: Flames

4 strokes HSK 2

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

rén

人

man, person; people

📷 Pictographic: The legs of a human being

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 炙 (8)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor)

zhìshǒukěrè

炙手可热 ↗

lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor)

appealing to the masses / universally appreciated (idiom)

kuàizhìrénkǒu

脍炙人口 ↗

appealing to the masses / universally appreciated (idiom)

烤炙 ↗

kǎozhì

to scorch / (of the sun) to beat down on

kǎozhì

烤炙 ↗

to scorch / (of the sun) to beat down on

焦炙 ↗

jiāozhì

to scorch / to burn to charcoal / sick with worry

jiāozhì

焦炙 ↗

to scorch / to burn to charcoal / sick with worry

亲炙 ↗

qīnzhì

to be enlightened by direct contact with sb

qīnzhì

亲炙 ↗

to be enlightened by direct contact with sb