融 róng
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 鬲 — earthen pot, iron cauldron
- Made of
- 鬲 earthen pot, iron cauldron 虫 insect, worm
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
融化
rónghuà
to melt
Characters in this word
化 huà
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 匕 spoon, ladle
Example phrases
- 春天一到，山顶的积雪开始慢慢融化。 Chūntiān yí dào, shāndǐng de jīxuě kāishǐ mànmàn rónghuà. When spring arrives, the snow on the mountaintop begins to melt slowly.
- 冰淇淋放在太阳下很快就融化了。 Bīngqílín fàng zài tàiyáng xià hěn kuài jiù rónghuà le. The ice cream melted quickly in the sun.
- 他把巧克力放进热牛奶里，看着它慢慢融化。 Tā bǎ qiǎokèlì fàng jìn rè niúnǎi li, kànzhe tā mànmàn rónghuà. He put the chocolate into hot milk and watched it slowly melt.