炸 = 火 + 乍

炸 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “to fry in oil”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 乍 (first time).

Keyword: to fry in oil
Pinyin (Mandarin): zhà
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: жарить в масле

Decomposition

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火 fire
乍 first time

How to find 炸 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “first time”. 炸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 炸 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.