烩 meaning and stroke order
Ragout; to braise, to cook
How to write 烩, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 烩
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to braise
- to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
How 烩 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Fire.
火 gives the meaning and 会 hints at the sound.
Radical: 火 (fire), shared by 128 characters on this site.
How to remember 烩
Fire 火 on the left tells you this is cooking, and 会 (huì) on the right gives the sound. Think of 会 as "gathering": many ingredients meet together over the fire in one pot.
烩 (huì) means to cook ingredients together in a sauce or broth, or to cook rice or noodles with vegetables and meat in liquid. It appears in dish names like 烩面 (huìmiàn), a famous noodle dish from Henan. Example: 我们晚上吃烩饭吧。(Wǒmen wǎnshang chī huìfàn ba.) Let's have rice cooked with toppings and sauce tonight.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 绘 (huì, to draw) or 会 alone when they mean 烩, since all three sound the same. If the word is about cooking, it needs the 火 fire radical on the left.
烩 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 烩
How many strokes are in 烩?
烩 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 烩 mean?
烩 (huì) means ragout; to braise, to cook.
How do you pronounce 烩?
烩 is pronounced huì, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 烩?
The radical of 烩 is 火, which carries the idea of "fire". Dictionaries list 烩 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 烩?
The traditional form of 烩 is 燴. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 烩 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 烩 and 炖?
炖 (dùn) means to stew slowly for a long time, often until the meat is very tender. 烩 (huì) usually means mixing several ingredients and cooking them together in a thickened sauce or broth, often more quickly.
What does 大杂烩 mean?
大杂烩 (dàzáhuì) literally means a big mixed stew of many ingredients. It is also used figuratively for a hodgepodge or jumble of unrelated things, such as a messy mix of ideas.