灼
zhuó HSK7

burn

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

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
勺
勺 Sound component
sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpljewɢ
Unicodejiɑk

說文解字

炙也。从火勺聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)