镬 — Chinese character
镬
huò
cauldron, large iron pot
- Pinyin
- huò
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 18
- Components
- 钅 蒦
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component 蒦
- Traditional
- 鑊
Common words with 镬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刀锯鼎镬 (刀鋸鼎鑊) | dāo jù dǐng huò | knife, saw and cauldron; ancient instruments of torture |
| 斧钺汤镬 (斧鉞湯鑊) | fǔ yuè tāng huò | battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution |
| 镬气 (鑊氣) | huò qì | "wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food cooked in a wok over a high flame (orthographic borrowing from Cantone |
English words written with 镬
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.