焐

wù
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to warm something up by contact with a hot object

Examples

HSK 5
Bǎ shèngfàn yòng bèizi wù rè.
Wrap the leftover rice in a quilt to keep it warm.
HSK 7-9
她用热水袋焐手。
Tā yòng rèshuǐdài wù shǒu.
She used a hot-water bottle to warm her hands.

Tips

usage
焐 is colloquial and northern: it means warming a cold thing by pressing a hot thing against it, hands on a hot water bottle, a cold bed warmed by a person. It's about transferred body or contact heat, not cooking.
memory
Fire 火 plus 吾 ('I/me'): bring the warmth (fire) close to me, to snuggle something warm.

Components

radical
火 huǒ
fire
The fire radical 火 on the left supplies the meaning, warmth and heat, which is exactly what the action 'to warm by contact' is about.
phonetic
吾 wú
I; me
吾 gives the sound (shifted from wú to wù); it carries no meaning, only the reading.

Stroke Order

焐 wù