Origin

This character combines fire (火) with a cliff or rock formation (厂), picturing what remains after fire burns through material. The cliff-like shape suggests something hard and resistant, while fire represents the burning process itself. Together, they evoke ashes—the gray, crumbly remnant left behind when organic matter is cremated or burned away. The puckery juice meaning likely developed because ash has a dry, astringent quality similar to that sensation.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).