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Kanji Detail for 焼 - "to burn, to bake, to roast"

焼

  • Meaning

    焼 means "to burn, to bake, to roast."

    1. Burn - To be on fire; to heat.

    2. Bake - To cook with dry heat.

    3. Roast - To cook over fire.

  • Words using 焼

    • 燃焼 ねんしょう Listen burning; combustion; exerting all strength
    • 焼却 しょうきゃく Listen incineration; destruction by fire
    • 焼死 しょうし Listen death by fire
    • 焼肉 やきにく Listen yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat
    • 焼き鳥 やきとり Listen yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; failing to win a single hand during a half-game
    • 焼酎 しょうちゅう Listen shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
    • 夕焼け ゆうやけ Listen evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
    • 焼き芋 やきいも Listen roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato

  • Four-character idioms with 焼

    • 完全燃焼 かんぜんねんしょう Listen complete combustion; perfect combustion; giving one's all

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    • Verified meaning: to burn, to bake, to roast
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かつじ, かつのり, しょうじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 焼

    Surnames 焼(かつじ)Listen 焼(かつのり)Listen 焼(しょうじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bake; burning

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    burn; bake; heat; roast

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 燒|烧[shao1]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ya.keru(や-ける) や-ける

    ya.ki(や-き) や-き

    ya.ku(や-く) や-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    burn bake roast grill wildfire barbecue broil char cook flame heat ignite scorch sear toast fire

Sentences including 焼

  • He was burned to death in the fire.

  • I have a bad sunburn.

  • Our school burned down.

  • I don't want to get a suntan.

  • I didn't get anywhere with him.

  • Never did i see such a beautiful sunset.

  • All of the town was destroyed by a fire.

  • It is broiling hot.

  • What a beautiful sunset.

  • His house was burnt down.

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