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熨

yù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

熨 (yù) means "reconciled; smooth; an iron". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 熨 means

1. reconciled
2. smooth

Other readings

熨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yùnan iron; to iron

Example sentences

• 她熨了衬衫。
  She ironed her shirt.
• 这衬衫需要熨。
  This shirt needs to be ironed.
• 我被熨斗烫伤了。
  Wǒ bèi yùndǒu tàngshāng le.
  I was burnt by the iron.
• 我必须熨我的衬衫。
  Wǒ bìxū yù wǒ de chènshān.
  I have to iron my shirt.
• 这块布料被熨得很好。
  Zhè kuài bùliào bèi yù de hěn hǎo.
  This cloth irons well.
• 她几分钟前熨完了衣服。
  She finished ironing the clothes a few minutes ago.

Words starting with 熨

• 熨烫yùn tàngto iron (clothes)
• 熨斗yùn dǒuclothes iron
• 熨法yùn fǎapplication of a hot compress (TCM)

Characters that look like 熨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 墅shùvilla
• 磐pánfirm; stable; rock
• 髦máobang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 赘zhuì(bound form) superfluous; (bound form) (of a man) to move into the household of one's…

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 育to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 预to advance; in advance; beforehand
• 域field; region; area
• 寓(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation

Where 熨 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù–yùn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yù correctly.
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