to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot
烫
=
汤
+
火
:
Tecumseh (t) is cooking a soup (汤) on an open fire (火) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). To give the soup a special flavor for a minute he blanches (烫) a flat iron (烫) in the soup.
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
火
=
人
+
丶
:
Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).
Characters with 燙 as component
燙
is not used as a component in another character.
lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom) / fig. a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences