zhuó
burn
Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 灼
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
luminous | ||
burning hot | ||
to burn | ||
(literary) deeply worried | ||
penetrating insight |
Sources