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烫 (tàng): Burn — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 烫

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How to write 烫 — animated stroke order

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2.

Readings & Meanings

烫has 2 distinct senses for the same pronunciation

tàng
  • burn; scald; heat up in hot water
    adj.HSK 5
  • to scald; hot; to heat
    v./adj.
3.

Stroke Order Diagrams 烫

烫 stroke order diagram
4.

Character Breakdown

Top-Bottom
烫
汤tāng · soup
火huǒ · fire
烫=
5.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 烫

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6.

Related Words: 烫

滚烫 • gǔn tàng • boiling hot, scalding
gǔn滚
tàng烫

boiling hot, scalding

7.

Example Sentences

gāng刚
cóng从
kǎo烤
xiāng箱
lǐ里
ná拿
chū

Information

Pinyintàng
Meaningburn; scald; heat up in hot water
Strokes10
Radical火
Traditional燙
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#1767
Zhuyinㄊㄤˋ
UnicodeU+70EB
CangjieEHF
HSK 3.0 · L6
汤tāng · soup
+火huǒ · fire

The fire component connects this character to burning, heat, cooking, or light.

烫伤 • tàng shāng • scald; burn injury
tàng烫
shāng伤

scald; burn injury

烫发 • tàng fà • perm hair
tàng烫
fà发

perm hair

焯烫 • chāo tàng • to scald briefly in hot water
chāo焯
tàng烫

to scald briefly in hot water

出
lái来
de的
pī披
sà萨
，
biǎo表
miàn面
gǔn滚
tàng烫
，
bù不
néng能
zhí直
jiē接
chī吃
。

The pizza just taken out of the oven has a scalding surface and cannot be eaten directly.

tā她
zuó昨
tiān天
qù去
lǐ理
fà发
diàn店
tàng烫
fà发
le了
。

She went to the hair salon for a perm yesterday.

mā妈
ma妈
zhèng正
zài在
yùn熨
tàng烫
míng明
tiān天
de的
chèn衬
shān衫
。

Mom is ironing tomorrow's shirt.

xiǎo小
xīn心
，
zhè这
bēi杯
chá茶
hěn很
tàng烫
。

Be careful, this cup of tea is very hot.

xiǎo小
xīn心
rè热
shuǐ水
，
bié别
tàng烫
shāng伤
le了
shǒu手
。

Be careful with hot water, don't scald your hands.

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  • 娶qǔmarry [a woman]
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  • 劝quànadvise; urge; try to persuade
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Characters pronounced "tang".

  • 搪tángward off, evade; parry; block
  • 棠tángcrab apple tree; wild plums
  • 糖tángsugar
  • 倘tǎngif, supposing, in case
  • 膛tángchest cavity; bore of a gun
  • 汤tāngsoup
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  • 炯jiǒngbright, brilliant, clear; hot
  • 炽chìburning-hot, intense; to burn, blaze; splendid, illustrious
  • 烬jìncinders, ashes, embers; remnants
  • 炙zhìroast, broil; toast; cauterize
  • 烽fēngsignal fire; tower where signal
  • 燎liáoto burn, set afire; to illuminate; a signal lamp
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