焼

See also 燒, and 烧

Translingual

shinjitai	焼
simplified	烧
traditional	燒

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 燒 (堯 → 尭).

Han character

焼 (radical 86 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火十廿山 (FJTU))

1. burn
2. bake
3. heat
4. roast

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 675, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19166
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 2208, character 4
• Unihan data for U+713C

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Japanese

Kanji

焼 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: やく (yaku), やき (yaki)

• Traditional kyūjitai equivalent: 燒

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Compounds

• 焼き肉, 焼肉 (やきにく)
• 焼き鳥, 焼鳥 (やきとり)
• 卵焼, 卵焼き (たまごやき)
• 夕焼け (ゆうやけ, yūyake, “sunset”)
• すき焼き, すき焼, 鋤焼き, 剥焼, 寿喜焼 (すきやき)