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熾
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炽
🇨🇳

intense

HSK 10
Abstract →Qualities
chì
シ
おこ.る、おこ.す、さかん
치
Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 戠 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (熾)
火 fire+ 戠 sword =
熾 intense
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
fire, flame
戠 Phonetic component
zhī sword
a sword
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Simplified (炽)
火 fire+ 只 only =
炽 burning-hot
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
fire, flame
只 Phonetic component
zhǐ only
variant of 只[zhǐ]
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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
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
熾
Regular
Modern
Chinese
炽 / 熾 [chì]
to burn; to blaze; splendid; illustrious
Japanese
燠 、 熾 おき 同音
noun embers; live charcoal
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (9)
炽热 [chì​rè] #21,703
red-hot
炽烈 [chì​liè] #45,116
burning fiercely
白炽灯 [bái​chì​dēng] #54,230
incandescent light
白炽 [bái​chì] #48,105
white heat
朱高炽 [Zhū​Gāo​chì] #62,121
Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙[Hóng​Xī]
旺炽 [wàng​chì]
blazing
旺炽型 [wàng​chì​xíng]
florid (medicine)
旺炽性 [wàng​chì​xìng]
florid (medicine)
炽热火山云 [chì​rè​huǒ​shān​yún]
nuée ardente
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
熾烈 [しれつ] #20,971
fierce (fight, competition, etc.)
熾す [おこす] #37,903
to build (a fire)
燠 [おき] #44,040
embers
熾火 [おきび] #59,013
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood)
熾天使 [してんし] #65,212
seraph
熾る [おこる] #87,526
to catch fire (of charcoal)
熾盛 [しじょう] #150,462
vigor (like leaping flames)
熾きる [おきる] #158,833
to be kindled (fire)
熾熱 [しねつ]
intense heat