炽 (chì): to burn, to blaze, splendid
炽 (chì) is a Chinese character meaning “to burn.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 火 (semantic) and 只 (phonetic). It ranks #3498 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 炽 fire. Its radical form 火 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 火 (huǒ, fire), 烟 (yān, smoke), 烧 (shāo, to burn, to cook).
Definitions
- to burn
- to blaze
- splendid
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炽热adjective | chì rè | red-hot |
| 炽烈adjective | chì liè | burning fiercely |
| 白炽灯noun | bái chì dēng | incandescent lamp |
| 白炽noun | bái chì | white heat |
| 朱高炽 | zhū gāo chì | Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙 |
| 旺炽性 | wàng chì xìng | florid (medicine) |
| 旺炽型 | wàng chì xíng | florid (medicine) |
| 炽盛adjective | chì shèng | ablaze (fire) |
| 旺炽 | wàng chì | blazing |
炽 appears in 9 compound words: 33 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
宿舍主灯 我们宿舍的主灯使用的是最普通的白炽灯管。
sù shě zhǔ dēng wǒ men sù shě de zhǔ dēng shǐ yòng de shì zuì pǔ tōng de bái chì dēng guǎn .
Main Light in the Dorm: The main light in our dorm uses the most common incandescent light bulb.
气态巨行星与褐矮星诞生之初都极度炽热,随着时间推移会逐步冷却。
qì tài jù xíng xīng yǔ hè ǎi xīng dàn shēng zhī chū dōu jí dù chì rè , suí zhe shí jiān tuī yí huì zhú bù lěng què .
Both gas giants and brown dwarfs are extremely hot at the time of their formation and gradually cool over time.
寄语 只要心底藏着最炽热的一束光,就可以为未来照明方向。
jì yǔ zhī yào xīn dǐ zàng zhe zuì chì rè de yī shù guāng , jiù kě yǐ wéi wèi lái zhào míng fāng xiàng .
A Message: As long as you hold onto the brightest light deep within your heart, it will illuminate the path ahead.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 火 (fire) component
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