烘

to bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,240 U+70D8

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

火 (semantic, “fire”) + 共 (phonetic, gòng)

components: 火共

warm by a fire · Heisig RSH #2764

火 fire + 共 together

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 共

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 共 (gòng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
共 sound component	gòng	all, total; together; to share
拱	gǒng	to salute, to bow; arched; arch
恭	gōng	polite, respectful, reverent
粪	fèn	manure, dung; shit, excrement
哄	hǒng	to coax; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive; tumult, uproar
珙	gǒng	precious stone; a county in Sichuan
蕻	hòng	budding, flourishing
龚	gōng	to give, to present; reverential
栱	gǒng	stake, post; pillar; peg
輂	jú	horse-drawn carriage
衖	xiàng	alley, lane

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
烘手机	hōng shǒu jī	hand dryer
烘手器	hōng shǒu qì	hand dryer
烘云托月	hōng yún tuō yuè	lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil; a contrasting charact…
烘干机	hōng gān jī	clothes dryer
烘动	hōng dòng	variant of 轟動\|轰动[hong1 dong4]
烘制	hōng zhì	to bake
烘干	hōng gān	to dry over a stove
烘笼儿	hōng lóng r	bamboo drying frame
烘托	hōng tuō	background (of a painting); backdrop; a foil (to set off something to advantage); to offse…
烘豆	hōng dòu	baked beans
烘碗机	hōng wǎn jī	dish dryer
烘箱	hōng xiāng	oven
烘染	hōng rǎn	relief shading (in a picture); fig. to throw into relief
冬烘	dōng hōng	shallow; uneducated
烘焙鸡	hōng bèi jī	homepage (loanword) (humorous)
烘焙师	hōng bèi shī	baker
烘炉	hōng lú	oven
烘焙店	hōng bèi diàn	bakery
暖烘烘	nuǎn hōng hōng	nice and warm; cozy; heartwarming
臭烘烘	chòu hōng hōng	stinking