炸膛 zhàtáng barrel burst Origin Definitions Defs 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 膛 táng chest A hall 堂 in one's chest ⺼; 堂 also provides the pronunciation Components ⺼ ⺼ Meaning component ròu meat, flesh 堂 堂 SoundMeaning component táng, tang hall Sources Readings & variants Unicode