Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 烫


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Meaning

hot, to burn, to scald, to iron

Pronunciation

tàng

Explanation

Top: soup (Water is made by warming sunshine into: a soup.), bottom: fire

Mnemonic

The soup from the fire is: hot and you will burn.

Radicals

soup
fire(Also this radical stands for fire.)
Water
easy, change(At the top the sun and below its shining : This makes it easy!)
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

Vocabulary

烫伤 tàng shāng to scald
滚烫 gǔn tàng boiling; scalding
麻辣烫 má là tàng hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls)


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