烘
bake, roast, grill, dry by fire
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Readings
On'yomi
- コウ
- キョウ
- ク
Kun'yomi
- かがりび
- あぶ.る
Meaning
烘 centers on applying dry heat to cook or remove moisture: baking, roasting, grilling, or drying something by fire.
Study
Etymology
烘 combines 火 (fire) with 共, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest a shared or communal fire for cooking or drying.
Meaning mnemonic
Fire 火 on the left and 共 on the right: picture a shared fire where everyone gathers to bake and roast food together.
Reading mnemonic
For コウ, imagine a coal fire baking bread: coal -> コウ, and the fire 火 dries and roasts the dough.