烘 (hōng)

to bake; to dry by heat

How 烘 is written

Strokes
10
Radical
火 — fire
Traditional
烘
Simplified
烘 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 烘

烘焙 hōngbèi
to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc)
暖烘烘 nuǎnhōnghōng
nice and warm; cosy; heart-warming
烘乾 hōnggān
to dry over a stove
烘乾機 hōnggānjī
clothes dryer
烘托 hōngtuō
background (of a painting); backdrop; a foil (to set off something to advantage)
烘烤 hōngkǎo
to roast; to bake
烘箱 hōngxiāng
oven
臭烘烘 chòuhōnghōng
stinking

烘 in a sentence

衣服如果不乾,可以用烘衣機烘一下。

Yīfú rúguǒ bù gān, kěyǐ yòng hōngyījī hōng yīxià.

“If the clothes aren't dry, you can dry them in the dryer for a bit.”

How common is 烘?

烘 is the 3,260th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 99.4% of all running text.

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