Chinese symbol for “broil”
炙
zhì
to broil; to roast
The closest CC-CEDICT match for broil is 炙 (zhì), defined as: to broil; to roast.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “broil”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烤 | kǎo | to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炙热 (炙熱) | zhì rè | extremely hot (weather); blazing (sun) |
| 炙手可热 (炙手可熱) | zhì shǒu kě rè | lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); fig. arrogance of the powerful |
| 脍炙人口 (膾炙人口) | kuài zhì rén kǒu | appealing to the masses; universally appreciated (idiom) |
| 烤炙 | kǎo zhì | to scorch; (of the sun) to beat down on |
| 焦炙 | jiāo zhì | to scorch; to burn to charcoal |
| 腩炙 | nǎn zhì | stewed brisket |
See also: Japanese symbol for “broil”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.