燒

音読おんよみ: ショウ

訓読くんよみ:・やける

画数かくすう: 16 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 火(ひ)

Meaning

Burn, Grill, Roast, Scorch — Often used for cooking or heating, or metaphorically in phrases about intensity or passion.


  • く — to burn, to grill
  • ける — to be burned, to be cooked
  • 焼肉やきにく — grilled meat
  • 全焼ぜんしょう — total destruction by fire
  • 燃焼ねんしょう — combustion
  • 焼失しょうしつ — destruction by fire

燒 is the traditional form of 焼 and includes the 火 (fire) radical. It reflects heating, roasting, or cooking something. In modern usage, 焼 is more common, but the traditional form 燒 may still appear in names or historical texts.

パンをくのが きです。
I like baking bread.

このいえ火事かじけました。
This house was burned down in a fire.

バーベキューでにくいた。
I grilled meat at the barbecue.

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