Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
灼
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
灼
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
灼
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
灼
Regular
Modern
Chinese
灼 [zhuó]
luminous; burning; to burn; to cauterize
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (25)
灼热 [zhuórè] #23,865
burning hot
灼热 [zhuórè] #23,865
burning hot
烧灼 [shāozhuó] #28,190
to burn
烧灼 [shāozhuó] #28,190
to burn
焦灼 [jiāozhuó] #54,608
(literary) deeply worried
真知灼见 [zhēnzhīzhuójiàn] #62,516
penetrating insight
真知灼见 [zhēnzhīzhuójiàn] #62,516
penetrating insight
胃灼热 [wèizhuórè] #61,729
heartburn
胃灼热 [wèizhuórè] #61,729
heartburn
灼见 [zhuójiàn] #64,358
to see clearly
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
⭐ 焼ける [やける] #2,879
to burn
灼熱 [しゃくねつ] #10,727
becoming red-hot
灼く [やく] #22,218
to tan (i.e. suntan)
胸焼け [むねやけ] #33,030
heartburn
霊験あらたか [れいげんあらたか] #60,107
miraculous
焼灼 [しょうしゃく] #98,824
cautery
赫灼 [かくしゃく] #116,703
bright
灼か [あらたか] #189,166
clearly miraculous
灼た [あらた] #249,500
clear
口腔灼熱症候群 [こうくうしゃくねつしょうこうぐん]
burning mouth syndrome
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KOREAN WORDS (1)