Tom scalded himself with boiling water.
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开水
Traditional: 開水
kāi shuǐ
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kāi shuǐ · hoi1 seoi2 (Jyutping)
- boiled water
- boiling water
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Character breakdown
开
- Meaning
- open; initiate, begin, start
- Radical
- 廾
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿱一廾
- Cangjie
- MT
- Four-corner
- 1044
水
- Meaning
- water, liquid, lotion, juice
- Radical
- 水
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿻亅？
- Cangjie
- E
- Four-corner
- 1223.0
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Example sentences
Please fill the teapot with boiling water.
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