炽
to burn; to blaze; splendid; illustrious
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,332 U+70BD
How 炽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 只 (phonetic, zhī)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 只
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 只 (zhī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 只 sound component | zhī | only, merely, just |
| 识 | shí | knowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know |
| 积 | jī | to store up, to amass, to accumulate |
| 职 | zhí | duty, profession; office, post |
| 织 | zhī | to knit, to weave; to organize, to unite |
| 帜 | zhì | flag, pennant, sign; to fasten |
| 咫 | zhǐ | unit of length used during the Zhou dynasty |
| 枳 | zhǐ | trifoliate orange; hedge thorn |
| 轵 | zhǐ | the end of an axle that extends beyond the hub |
Words containing 炽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白炽灯 | bái chì dēng | incandescent lamp |
| 朱高炽 | Zhū Gāo chì | Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙[Hong2 Xi1] |
| 白炽 | bái chì | white heat; incandescence |
| 旺炽性 | wàng chì xìng | florid (medicine) |
| 炽热 | chì rè | red-hot; glowing; blazing; (fig.) passionate |
| 旺炽型 | wàng chì xíng | florid (medicine) |
| 炽盛 | chì shèng | ablaze (fire); intense (anger, desire etc); prosperous; booming |
| 炽烈 | chì liè | burning fiercely; flaming; blazing |
| 旺炽 | wàng chì | blazing |