焦 — char, hurry, impatient

あせる焦 char

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+7126 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #973 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #599 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

char
hurry
impatient
irritate
burn
scorch
singe

word

あせ ase Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

焦(あせ) る aseru to be in a hurry

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

焦(しょう) 点(てん) shouten focus

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

隹 short-tailed bird

灬 fire dots

Used as component in (1)

しょう礁 reef

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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