Chinese symbol for “burst”
炸
zhà
to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for burst is 炸 (zhà), defined as: to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “burst”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一阵 (一陣) | yī zhèn | a burst; a fit |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down |
| 爆 | bào | to explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil |
| 炸裂 | zhà liè | to burst; to explode; to rupture; (neologism) (slang) amazing; epic; phenomenal |
| 冲垮 (衝垮) | chōng kuǎ | to burst; to break through |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “burst”.
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.