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烫

tàng

to scald; to iron clothes or hair

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

HSK 5 10 strokes Common (29%)

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Component Breakdown

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汤

tāng

soup, gravy, broth; hot water

火

huǒ

fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

⿱汤火 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

tāng

汤

soup, gravy, broth; hot water

🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 昜 provides pronunciation

6 strokes HSK 4

shuǐ

氵

water

3 strokes

yáng

昜

bright, glorious; to expand, to open up

💡 Ideographic: Bright and open, like the dawn 旦

9 strokes

dàn

旦

dawn; morning; day

💡 Ideographic: The sun 日 rising over the horizon 一

5 strokes HSK 5

rì

日

sun; day; daytime

📷 Pictographic: The sun

4 strokes HSK 2

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

wù

勿

must not, do not; without, never

💡 Ideographic: A knife 勹 cutting fragments 丿 off

4 strokes HSK 5

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 烫 (17)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

烫 ↗

tàng

to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot

tàng

烫 ↗

HSK 5

to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot

burning hot / fiery / to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs

huǒtàng

火烫 ↗

burning hot / fiery / to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs

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