燙 (tàng)

scalding hot; to iron; to perm

How 燙 is written

Strokes
16
Radical
氵 — water
Traditional
燙
Simplified
烫

Components

Common words using 燙

滾燙 gǔntàng
boiling; scalding
燙傷 tàngshāng
to scald
燙髮 tàngfà
perm (hairstyle)
發燙 fātàng
burning hot
麻辣燙 málàtàng
hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls)
氽燙 tǔntàng
to blanch (cooking)
火燙 huǒtàng
burning hot; fiery; to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
熨燙 yùntàng
to iron (clothes)
熱燙 rètàng
to burn
燙平 tàngpíng
to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles)
燙衣 tàngyī
to iron (clothes)
燙頭髮 tàngtóufa
perm; to perm hair

燙 in a sentence

這湯很燙,喝的時候要小心。

Zhè tāng hěn tàng, hē de shíhòu yào xiǎoxīn.

“This soup is very hot; be careful when drinking it.”

How common is 燙?

燙 is the 2,897th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 99.1% of all running text.

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