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Keyword
to burn
  • to blaze
  • splendid
  • intense
Frequency
#3659
Strokes
9
Readings
chì
Mnemonic
火 (fire) gives the meaning and 只 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
炽热chìrè
red-hot; glowing; blazing; (fig.) passionate
炽chì
to burn; to blaze; splendid; illustrious
白炽灯báichìdēng
incandescent lamp
炽烈chìliè
burning fiercely; flaming; blazing
朱高炽ZhūGāochì
Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙 (HóngXī)
白炽báichì
white heat; incandescence
炽盛chìshèng
ablaze (fire); intense (anger, desire etc); prosperous; booming