zhì
roast
Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 月 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 炙
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to broil | ||
fig. arrogance of the powerful | ||
appealing to the masses | ||
to scorch |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tAk-s | tsyaeH | zhì | roast, broil |
*tAk | tsyek | zhì | roast, broil |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3672nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+7099 |
Shuowen | “炙,炮肉也。从肉在火上。,籀文。” |
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