炒 – broil, parch, roast

8 strokes#2001 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 炒 means broil, parch, roast, fry. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ、ショウ (sou, shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is い.る、いた.める (iru, itameru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	い.る	iru
Kun’yomi	いた.める	itameru

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: ノ・火・小.

Words using 炒

炒めるいためるto fry炒るいるto roast

Example sentences

ルーは、バターと小麦粉を炒めながら作ります。

Roux is made while cooking flour and butter together.

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Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙炭烈

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.