焼
bake, burning
Readings
On'yomi
- ショウ
Kun'yomi
- や.く
- や.き
- や.き-
- -や.き
- や.ける
Nanori
- やい
- やき
Meaning
焼 centers on applying heat to transform something: baking food and burning fuel are both ways fire changes what it touches.
Most common words using 焼
20 of 358- 焼くやくN4
to burn
- 焼きやき
roasting; grilling; toasting; broiling; baking
- 焼肉やきにくN1
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue
- 燃焼ねんしょうN1
burning; combustion
- 焼けるやけるN4
to burn; to burn down; to go down in flames
- 焼酎しょうちゅうN1
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
- 日焼けひやけN2
sunburn; suntan; tan
- 焼きそばやきそばN1
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
- お好み焼きおこのみやき
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments
- 焼き鳥やきとりN1
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
- たこ焼きたこやき
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
- 焼却しょうきゃく
incineration; destruction by fire
- 叉焼チャーシュー
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
- すき焼きすきやきN5
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
- 目玉焼きめだまやき
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
- 夕焼けゆうやけN2
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
- 全焼ぜんしょう
total destruction by fire; being burned down
- 卵焼きたまごやき
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet)
- 焼き芋やきいもN1
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
- 焼失しょうしつ
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
Study
Etymology
焼 is the modern simplified form of 燒. The older form combines 火 (fire) with 堯, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of high heat. The modern right side 尭 is a simplification.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is fire 火, and the right side 尭 looks like a tall oven with a vent on top. Picture a fire heating the oven to bake bread or burn fuel.
Reading mnemonic
For ショウ, imagine a baker showing off a perfectly baked loaf from the oven: show -> ショウ, and the fire 火 did the baking.