灼
to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
7 strokes
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How 灼 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 勺 (phonetic, sháo)
How to remember it
scorch · Heisig RSH #1546
火 fire + 勺 ladle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 勺
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 勺 (sháo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勺 sound component | sháo | spoon, ladle; unit of volume |
| 酌 | zhuó | to pour wine, to drink wine; to deliberate, to consider |
| 豹 | bào | leopard, panther; surname |
| 芍 | sháo | peony; water chestnuts |
| 妁 | shuò | matchmaker, go-between |
| 玓 | dì | pearl |
| 趵 | bào | the noise of tramping feet |
Words containing 灼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真知灼见 | zhēn zhī zhuó jiàn | penetrating insight |
| 烧灼感 | shāo zhuó gǎn | burning pain |
| 烧灼伤 | shāo zhuó shāng | burn (injury); scorching |
| 白灼 | bái zhuó | to blanch (thin slices of vegetables, fish etc) |
| 日灼 | rì zhuó | sun scorch; sunscald |
| 灼热 | zhuó rè | burning hot; scorching |
| 灼见 | zhuó jiàn | to see clearly; deep insight; profound view |
| 胃灼热 | wèi zhuó rè | heartburn; pyrosis |
| 灼伤 | zhuó shāng | a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc); to burn (the skin etc); (fig.) (of anger,… |
| 灼急 | zhuó jí | worried |
| 灼痛 | zhuó tòng | burn (i.e. wound); burning pain |
| 灼烧 | zhuó shāo | to burn; to scorch |
| 烧灼 | shāo zhuó | to burn; to scorch |
| 闪灼 | shǎn zhuó | to glitter |
| 烧灼疼 | shāo zhuó téng | burning pain |
| 焦灼 | jiāo zhuó | (literary) deeply worried |
| 忧灼 | yōu zhuó | worrying |