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焼 kanji
bake, burning
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
やくやきやき--やきやける
Variant forms
燒Words with 焼
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1燃焼Popularburning; combustion; exerting all strength; making an effort
- —焼却Popularincineration; destruction by fire
- —焼酎Popularshōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
- —全焼Populartotal destruction by fire; being burned down
- —焼死Populardeath by fire
- —延焼spread of fire
- —類焼catching fire (from next door); spreading fire
- —焼香burning (offer) incense
- —半焼partial destruction by fire
- —焼失destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
- —焼成baking at a high temperature; firing (pottery); calcination
- —焼結sintering
- —焼身self-immolation
- —焼損damage by fire
- —焼灼cautery; cauterization
- —焼毀completely destroying by fire
- —煆焼calcination; calcining
- —焼土burning earth, e.g. for sterilization and converting compost
- —焼夷burning (something) away; burning (something) down
- —焼骨cremation; ashes (of a cremated person); cremated bones