镬

huò

h+uò·4th tone

wok (dialect)

Radical: 钅 Strokes: 18

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

铁钱银铜镜锦钟针销铺镇错

Same radical

铁钱银铜镜锦钟针销铺镇错锁锡钻

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Stroke Order · 18 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

镬=钅+蒦

Etymology

metal

Meanings

wok (dialect)

cauldron (old)

huò

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Words with 镬 21 total

"wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food cooked in a wok over a high flame (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese, Jyutping: wok6 hei3)镬气huò qì knife, saw and cauldron · ancient instruments of torture · fig. torture刀锯鼎镬dāo jù dǐng huò battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution斧钺汤镬fǔ yuè tāng huò

Idioms with 镬 4 total Chain

knife, saw and cauldron · ancient instruments of torture · fig. torture刀锯鼎镬dāo jù dǐng huò battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution斧钺汤镬fǔ yuè tāng huò