The kanji 焼: meaning, readings and stroke order

焼

Meaning: grill, burn
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: や（く） yaku、や（ける） yakeru
Strokes: 12
Radical: 火 fire
Level: Level 4 · grade 4
Old form: 燒

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nướng, cháy (thiêu)
Japanese: やく。もえる。
Korean: 굽다, 타다 (소)
Chinese: 烤、烧 (烧)

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

焼しょう失しつ
burning down
火事で家が 焼しょう失しつしました。
The house burned down in a fire.

や（く） yaku · kun reading

焼やく
to grill, to bake
炭で魚を 焼やきます。
I grill fish over charcoal.

や（ける） yakeru · kun reading

焼やける
to be baked, to be grilled
パンがおいしそうに 焼やけました。
The bread is baked and looks yummy.

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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.