炸 — Chinese character
炸
zhà
to explode; to fry in oil; to scald
- Pinyin
- zhà
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 火 乍
- Formation
- ideographic — A sudden 乍 flame 火; 乍 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 炸 as a kanji
Common words with 炸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爆炸 | bào zhà | explosion; to explode |
| 炸弹 (炸彈) | zhà dàn | bomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē) |
| 轰炸 (轟炸) | hōng zhà | to bomb; to bombard; measure word: 波 (bō), 轮 (lún) |
| 轰炸机 (轟炸機) | hōng zhà jī | bomber (aircraft) |
| 炸药 (炸藥) | zhà yào | explosive; blasting agent; dynamite |
| 炸毁 (炸燬) | zhà huǐ | to blow up; to destroy with explosives |
| 炸死 | zhà sǐ | to kill with an explosion |
| 油炸 | yóu zhá | to deep fry |
| 炸掉 | zhà diào | to bomb |
| 爆炸性 | bào zhà xìng | explosive; fig. shocking |
| 炸鸡 (炸雞) | zhá jī | fried chicken |
| 定时炸弹 (定時炸彈) | dìng shí zhà dàn | time bomb |
English words written with 炸
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.