炸
zhá
#974 most
frequent character
to deep fry, (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
炸 uses fire 火 and 乍 zhà marking the sound. It first meant a metal-hardening process: heating metal and cooling it fast. Read zhá, it grew to deep fry; read zhà, it grew to blow up or explode.
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