Dino Kids

The kanji 焦: meaning, readings and stroke order

焦

Meaning
burn, be impatient
On reading
ショウ shou
Kun reading
こ(げる) kogeru、こ(がす) kogasu、こ(がれる) kogareru、あせ(る) aseru
Strokes
12
Radical
火 fire
Level
Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Stroke order of 焦, 12 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
cháy sém, sốt ruột (tiêu)
Japanese
こげる。あせる。
Korean
타다, 초조하다 (초)
Chinese
烧焦、着急

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

こ(げる) kogeru · kun reading

こ(がす) kogasu · kun reading · less common

こ(がれる) kogareru · kun reading · less common

あせ(る) aseru · kun reading

Practise writing 焦 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 焦 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.