huò

Traditional: 鑊

镬 (huò) is a Chinese word meaning “wok (dialect); cauldron (old)”.

Meanings

  1. 1wok (dialect)
  2. 2cauldron (old)

Related words

刀锯鼎镬knife, saw and cauldron斧钺汤镬battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution镬气"wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food cooked in a wok over a high flame (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese, Jyutping: wok6 hei3)

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