焼
焼 — so
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 불 붙을 소, 들불 소, 불 놓을 소
- Romanization
- so
- English
- burn; bake; heat; roast
- Mandarin
- shāo
- Japanese on'yomi
- ショウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- や.く や.き や.き- -や.き や.ける
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #982 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 12
- Variant forms
- 燒
- Radical
- 火 (86, 8 residual)
- Unicode
- U+713C
Parts that make up 焼
Japanese words with 焼
- 燃焼ねんしょう burning; combustion; exerting all strength
- 焼却しょうきゃく incineration; destruction by fire
- 焼死しょうし death by fire
- 焼け跡やけあと ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
- 日焼けひやけ sunburn; suntan; tan
- 焼き物やきもの pottery; earthenware; ceramics
- 焼身自殺しょうしんじさつ self-immolation; burning oneself to death; suicide by fire
- 焼き鳥やきとり yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow)
- 焼き畑やきばた land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
- 延焼えんしょう spread of fire
- 焼酎しょうちゅう shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
- 夕焼けゆうやけ evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
Other hanja read “소”
Other hanja with radical 火
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