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镬

huò

Character Traditional 鑊

What 镬 means

1. wok (dialect)
2. cauldron (old)

Words starting with 镬

• 镬气huò qì"wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food…

Words containing 镬

• 刀锯鼎镬dāo jù dǐng huòknife, saw and cauldron; ancient instruments of torture; fig. torture
• 斧钺汤镬fǔ yuè tāng huòbattle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution

Characters built on 蒦

These share the phonetic component 蒦 (huò), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 嚄huò(interj.) oh!
• 蠖huòlooper caterpillar
• 彟huòsee 武士彟; old variant of 蒦

Sounds the same

Read huò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 或maybe; perhaps; might
• 获(literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win
• 货goods; money; commodity
• 霍(literary) suddenly
• 惑to confuse; to be puzzled
• 祸disaster; misfortune; calamity
• 嚯(onomatopoeia) expressing admiration or surprise; (onomatopoeia) sound of a laugh
• 豁open; clear; liberal-minded; generous; to exempt; to remit
• 和to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes
• 藿Lophanthus rugosus; beans
• 嚄(interj.) oh!
• 蠖looper caterpillar