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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yù | yu4
English translation
reconciled
smooth
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yùn | yun4
English translation
an iron
to iron
to press, to iron; an iron

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

fire

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

尉火

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

wèi

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很快 de jiāng shǒu Cóng Huǒ tàng de 熨斗 yùn dǒu shǎng suō le 回来 huí lai .

She quickly withdrew her hand from the hot iron.

tàng 衣服 yīfu zuò 飞快 fēi kuài .

He's getting through the ironing at a rate of knots.

熨斗 yùn dǒu 桌布 zhuō bù tàng Jiāo le .

The hot iron scorched the tablecloth.

de 裙子 qúnzi bèi 灼热 zhuó rè de 熨斗 yùn dǒu tàng Jiāo le .

Her skirt was seared by the hot iron.

熨斗 yùn dǒu tàng Jiāo le 一些 yī xiē .

The hot iron has slightly singed the cloth.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
smooth
熨斗 yùn dǒu clothes iron熨斗 yùn dǒu

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Decomposition

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