炸糕 zhágāo fried rice cake Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 炸 zhà to fry in oil, explode Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound. Components 火 火 Meaning component huǒ fire 乍 乍 Sound component zhà, zuò suddenly Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔr'aːɡszreːb Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 糕 gāo cakes Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 羔 represents the sound. Components 米 米 Meaning component mǐ rice 羔 羔 Sound component gāo lamb Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkluː Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang