熾

Information about character(s)

Radical: 火
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 炽

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chì
Cantonese: ci3
JapaneseKun: SAKAN
JapaneseOn: SHI
Korean: CHI
Vietnamese: xé

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: burning-hot, intense; to burn, blaze; splendid, illustrious

CE-Dict: to burn/to blaze/splendid/illustrious

Soothill: Blaze, flame, burn, effulgent.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.flaming; ablaze; flaring

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: ablaze; flaming

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: ablaze; flaming

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《火部》熾盛也。从火戠聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【火字部】熾
〔古文〕𧹹𤎷【玉篇】【唐韻】【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤昌志切，音幟。【爾雅·釋言】熾，盛也。【詩·小雅】玁狁孔熾。【魯頌】俾爾熾而昌。　又同熺。炊也。【左傳·昭十年】柳熾炭于位。【周禮·冬官考工記】鍾氏染羽，以朱湛丹秫，三月而熾之。　又與俶通。【詩·小雅】俶載南畝。【箋】俶讀爲熾。載讀爲葘。【疏】謂耜之熾而入地，以葘殺其草，故方言入地曰熾，反草曰葘也。又【周頌】俶載南畝。【箋】俶載當作熾葘。◎按正字通云：朱傳：俶，始也。載，事也。箋說非。然箋必非無據，今存之。　又叶昌據切，音處。【揚雄·解嘲】三仁去而殷墟，二老歸而周熾，子𣆁死而吳亡，種蠡存而越伯。伯音布，叶下懼舉。

CF-Dict: enflammé/en feu/en flammes