焼 – bake, burning

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The kanji 焼 means bake, burning. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is や.く、や.き、や.き-、-や.き、や.ける (yaku, yaki, yaki, yaki, yakeru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	や.く	yaku
Kun’yomi	や.き	yaki
Kun’yomi	や.き-	yaki
Kun’yomi	-や.き	yaki
Kun’yomi	や.ける	yakeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 火・十・儿.

Words using 焼

焼くやくto burn焼けるやけるto burn燃焼ねんしょうburning夕焼けゆうやけevening glow日焼けひやけsunburn

Example sentences

このお肉をもうすこし焼いてくださいませんか。

Could you cook this meat a little more?

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この夏はこんがり焼こうと思います。

I am going to try to get a good tan.

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このトーストはよく焼けていません。

This toast is not done enough.

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Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災照炎煙炭烈熟

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