燙
tàng HSK7

scald

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 湯 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
湯
湯 Sound component
tāng, tang hot water

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

烫 tàng scald Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 汤 represents the sound. Simplified form of 燙.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
汤
汤 Sound component
tāng, tang hot water

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode