熨 (yù): reconciled

熨 (yù) is a Chinese character meaning “reconciled.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 尉 (phonetic) and 火 (semantic). It ranks #3074 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 熨 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).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 火 fire15 strokesFrequency #3074尉 phonetic火 semantic

Definitions

  1. reconciled

Etymology & Origin

熨

pictophoneticfire

Decomposition: ⿱尉火 (layout: top-bottom)

Components:尉phonetic火semantic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
熨斗yùn dǒuclothes iron
熨法yùn fǎapplication of a hot compress (TCM)
熨烫yùn tàngto iron (clothes)
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Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

熨 appears in 3 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 熨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

烫tàng
0.659315 co-occurrences
斗dǒu
0.6093,036 co-occurrences
充chōng
0.5481,722 co-occurrences
谷gǔ
0.5351,722 co-occurrences
衫shān
0.42960 co-occurrences
洗xǐ
0.396144 co-occurrences
衣yī
0.392246 co-occurrences
弥mí
0.36542 co-occurrences
乳rǔ
0.35472 co-occurrences
帖tiē
0.34630 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

消防员迅速赶到，扑灭了熊熊大熨。

xiāo fáng yuán xùn sù gǎn dào , pū miè le xióng xióng dà yù .

Firefighters arrived quickly and put out the raging fire.

Am730Mar 2026

夜王|杨偲泳孖丽英一齐下海 谭旻萱熨定校服以学生妹多谢老板

yè wáng yáng 偲 yǒng 孖 lí yīng yī qí xià hǎi 谭 旻 萱 yù dìng jiào fú yǐ xué shēng mèi duō xiè lǎo bǎn

"King of the Night" | Yang Siyong and Li Ying Dive into the Industry Together; Tan Minxuan Irons Her School Uniform to Thank the Boss as a Schoolgirl

Am730Feb 2026

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fǎ guó cháo pái yù 燶 bái 裇 shān mài 8 8 8 4 gǎng yuán hè qīn rén wǎng mín xiào : ā . . .

French trendy brand ironed white shirt sold for HK$8,884 to scare relatives Netizens laughed: Ah...

Character Family

火 Radical Family — Characters sharing the fire radical

煲bāo焙bèi灿càn炒chǎo炊chuī灯dēng炖dùn烦fán耿gěng焊hàn

Related Characters

火huǒ烟yān烧shāo烤kǎo灯dēng炮pào炸zhà炒chǎo炖dùn爆bào

Homophones — Characters pronounced yù

蔚yù

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 熨 (yù) mean in Chinese?
熨 (yù) primarily means "reconciled." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3074 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 熨 and 慰?
熨 (yù) and 慰 (wèi) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 火 vs 忄 (same 尉 component).
How many strokes does 熨 have?
熨 is written with 15 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 熨?
The radical associated with 熨 is 火 (fire). This radical appears in many characters related to fire.
What are the components of 熨?
熨 is composed of: 尉 (phonetic), 火 (semantic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱尉火 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 熨?
Common words with 熨 include: 熨斗 (yùn dǒu, "clothes iron"); 熨法 (yùn fǎ, "application of a hot compress (TCM)"); 熨烫 (yùn tàng, "to iron (clothes)"). There are over 3 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 熨 (yù)?
Several characters share the pronunciation yù: 蔚 (surname Yu). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 熨 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 熨 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.