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warm by a fire

HSK 7
Nature →Elements
hōng
コウ、キョウ、ク
かがりび、あぶ.る
Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound.
Components
火 fire+ 共 together =
烘 warm by a fire
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
fire, flame
共 Phonetic component
gòng together
together with, all, total
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Notes
Similar Characters
光 ray叟 man堇 yellow尉 officer灭 wipe (simp)灰 ashes灷 tinder災 disaster (trad/jp)灾 disaster (simp)炎 inflammation炏 flame烦 bother (simp)煩 vexed (trad/jp)票 ticket秋 autumn赤 crimson伙 mate (simp)狄 tribe from northern china钬 element (simp)尞 burnt offering
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
烘
Regular
Modern
Chinese
烘 [hōng]
to bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (33)
烘干 [hōng​gān] #14,226
to dry over a stove
烘干 [hōng​gān] #14,226
to dry over a stove
烘烤 [hōng​kǎo] #18,317
to roast
烘焙 [hōng​bèi] #21,828
to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc)
烘托 [hōng​tuō] #49,967
background (of a painting)
臭烘烘 [chòu​hōng​hōng] #20,386
stinking
烘干机 [hōng​gān​jī] #43,432
clothes dryer
烘干机 [hōng​gān​jī] #43,432
clothes dryer
暖烘烘 [nuǎn​hōng​hōng] #63,117
nice and warm
烘箱 [hōng​xiāng] #47,010
oven
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
炙る [あぶる] #17,853
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire)