Chinese symbol for “wok”
镬
huò
Traditional: 鑊
wok (dialect); cauldron (old)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wok is 镬 (huò), defined as: wok (dialect); cauldron (old).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “wok”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锅 (鍋) | guō | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing |
| 炒锅 (炒鍋) | chǎo guō | wok; frying pan |
| 锅子 (鍋子) | guō zi | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 bo |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wok”.
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.