镬

cauldron, large iron pot; wok (dialect); cauldron (old)

Strokes
18
Pinyin
huò

Parts

Words with 镬

  1. 镬气huò qì · huoqi"wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food cooked in a wok over a high flame (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese, Jyutping: wok6 hei3)
  2. 刀锯鼎镬dāo jù dǐng huò · daojudinghuoknife, saw and cauldron; ancient instruments of torture; fig. torture
  3. 斧钺汤镬fǔ yuè tāng huò · fuyuetanghuobattle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences