炸锅 zháguōzhàguō fryer 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 锅 guō cooking-pot Simplified Components 钅 钅 Meaning component jīn metal metal 呙 呙 Sound component guō, wāi, hé chat Sources Readings & variants Unicode 鍋 guō cooking-pot Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound. Components 釒 釒 Meaning component jīn metal 釒 is a component form of 金. 咼 咼 Sound component chat Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkloːl Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang