燙 = 湯 + 火

燙 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “scald”. It is built from 湯 (hot water) and 火 (fire).

Keyword: scald
Pinyin (Mandarin): tàng
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: scald, heat, скальд, тепло, heat

Decomposition

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湯 hot water
火 fire

How to find 燙 without knowing its reading

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

Open 燙 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.