Chinese symbol for “sear”
灼
zhuó
to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sear is 灼 (zhuó), defined as: to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灼伤 (灼傷) | zhuó shāng | a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc); to burn (the skin etc) |
| 灼热 (灼熱) | zhuó rè | burning hot; scorching |
| 真知灼见 (真知灼見) | zhēn zhī zhuó jiàn | penetrating insight |
| 灼烧 (灼燒) | zhuó shāo | to burn; to scorch |
| 焦灼 | jiāo zhuó | (literary) deeply worried |
| 烧灼 (燒灼) | shāo zhuó | to burn; to scorch |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sear”.
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.