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鑊
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
镬
🇨🇳

iron

HSK 10
Objects →Tools
huò
カク、ワク
かま
Components
Traditional (鑊)
釒 kangxi+ 蒦 measure =
鑊 iron
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
metal
蒦 Phonetic component
huò measure
to measure
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Simplified (镬)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 蒦 measure =
镬 cauldron
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
metal
蒦 Phonetic component
huò measure
to measure
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Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
镬
Regular
Modern
Chinese
镬 / 鑊 [huò]
wok (dialect); cauldron (old)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
刀锯鼎镬 [dāo​jù​dǐng​huò]
knife, saw and cauldron
斧钺汤镬 [fǔ​yuè​tāng​huò]
battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution