Keyword
to burn
- to bake
- to heat
- to roast
- Frequency
- #1279
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
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Mnemonic
火 (fire) gives the meaning and 尧 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
烧
to burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise; to cook; to prepare food; to run a fever; fever; (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away
燃烧
to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
烧毁
to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
发烧
to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over; (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
焚烧
to burn; to set on fire
火烧
to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake
烧烤
barbecue; to roast
烧死
to burn to death
烧伤
burn (injury)
红烧
to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown
烧饼
baked sesame seed-coated cake
烧焦
to burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred
高烧
(medicine) high fever
烧酒
name of a famous Tang dynasty wine; same as 白酒 (báijiǔ)
延烧
(of fire) to continue burning; to spread; (fig.) (of a disease, controversy, issue or trend) to spread; to intensify; to gain traction
烧炭
to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
退烧
to reduce a fever
烧香
to burn incense
燃烧弹
fire bomb; incendiary device
烧结
to sinter; to agglomerate ore by burning
发烧友
fan; zealot
烧制
to fire (in a kiln)
烧纸
to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
烧钱
to burn joss paper; (fig.) to flush money down the toilet