焼 — bake, burning

やく焼 bake

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+713C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #982 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1284 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

bake
burning

word

や ya 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).

焼(や) く yaku to bake 焼(や) き yaki grilling 日(ひ) 焼(や) け hiyake sunburn 焼(や) ける yakeru to burn お好(この) み焼(や) き okonomiyaki okonomiyaki 焼(や) き鳥(とり) yakitori yakitori

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).

燃(ねん) 焼(しょう) nenshou combustion 焼(しょう) 酎(ちゅう) shouchuu shochu 焼(しょう) 却(きゃく) shoukyaku incineration

やき yaki 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).

焼(やき) 肉(にく) yakiniku grilled meat 焼(やき) yaki grilling

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

ひ火 fire #86

尭 lofty

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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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