燎
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to burn; to set afire
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 火 +12
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 燎
- Common rank
- #3,464
- Unicode
- U+71CE
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 燎
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 星星之火，可以燎原 | a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive e… | |
| 心急火燎 | see 心急如焚[xin1 ji2 ru2 fen2] | |
| 火烧火燎 | restless with anxiety; to feel unbearably painful or hot | |
| 烟熏火燎 | smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke | |
| 火燎 | to singe; to scorch | |
| 燎原 | to start a prairie fire | |
| 燎泡 | blister (caused by burns) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 尞 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尞 sound part | — | fuel used for sacrifices |
| 撩 | to lift, to raise; to provoke, to tease; to push aside clothing | |
| 僚 | companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face | |
| 鹩 | wren | |
| 寮 | shanty, hut, shack | |
| 缭 | confused; to bind; to wind around | |
| 潦 | to flood; puddle; dejected, careless | |
| 瞭 | bright; clear-sighted; to understand | |
| 镣 | fetters, leg-irons | |
| 嘹 | a clear sound, such as a bell or a soprano; resonant | |
| 膫 | omentum; the fat covering the intestines | |
| 蟟 | cicada |