Read Edit View history 烫 tàng HSK7 scald Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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 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