滚烫 gǔntàng scalding Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 滚 gǔn turn Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 衮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滾. Components 氵 氵 Meaning component shui, shuǐ water 氵 is a component form of 水. 衮 衮 Sound component gǔn imperial robe Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkluːnʔ Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫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 滾 gǔn turn Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 袞 represents the sound. Components 氵 氵 Meaning component shui, shuǐ water 氵 is a component form of 水. 袞 袞 Sound component imperial robe Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseUnicodeguən Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode 燙 tàng scald Traditional 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 ChineseZhengzhangl̥ʰaːŋs Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang