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灼 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「火」

道
準1University / general ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「火」
On
シャクしゃく · shaku
Kun
あらた・やくarata · yaku
Meaning
to burn; scorching

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Fire with 勺 as phonetic: to sear and burn over flame.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 灼熱しゃくねつ

    scorching heat

  • 焼灼しょうしゃく

    cauterization

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

灼熱(しゃくねつ)の砂漠(さばく)を昼間(ひるま)に横断(おうだん)した。

They crossed the scorching desert in daylight.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

焼灼灼熱灼焼burn熱heat灸moxibu…焰flame煉to ref…焚to bur…煤soot勺ladle杓ladle雀sparro…錫tin蹟traces
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Compound

Map of radical 火Map of reading シャクAll maps

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