Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
bake, burning
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
982 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 焼死 【ショウシ】 death by fire
  • 焼却 【ショウキャク】 incineration, destroy by fire
  • 半焼 【ハンショウ】 partial destruction by fire
  • 延焼 【エンショウ】 spread of fire

Kun reading compounds

  • 焼く 【やく】 to burn, to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake, to toast, to barbecue, to heat, to heat up, to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.), to bake, to fire, to burn, to tan (i.e. suntan), to burn, to print (a photo), to burn (an optical disc), to be jealous of, to be envious of, to envy
  • 焼き 【やき】 cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying, heating, tempering, -ware
  • 焼肉 【やきにく】 yakiniku, Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue, roasted meat, grill
  • 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
  • たこ焼き 【たこやき】 takoyaki, octopus dumplings
  • 焼ける 【やける】 to burn, to burn down, to go down in flames, to be roasted, to be thoroughly cooked, to be sunburnt, to fade (in the sun), to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset), to become hot (from the sun), to be jealous, to be envious

Readings

Japanese names:
やい、 やき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shao1
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • quemar
  • asar
  • hornear
  • quemarse
  • asarse
  • estar bronceado

Portuguese

  • assar
  • queimar

French

  • griller
  • brûler
434 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
539 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
509 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
733 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2772 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
671 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
717 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1588 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
920 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
942 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
218 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1268 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1256 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
681 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
909 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1208 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19166P Morohashi
997 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3438 New Nelson (John Haig)
1200 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1284 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
590 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1157 2001 Kanji
4d8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
1-1-11 SKIP code
9481.1 Four corner code
1-30-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
713c Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
male
Kun:
おすお-おん-
On:
ボウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2155 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 牡蠣 【カキ】 oyster, oyster shell
  • 牡丹 【ボタン】 tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa), moutan, wild boar (meat)
  • 牝牡 【ヒンボ】 male and female (animals)
  • 牡丹 【ボタン】 tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa), moutan, wild boar (meat)

Kun reading compounds

  • 雄 【おす】 male (animal, plant)
  • 牡馬 【ぼば】 male horse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu3
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • macho
  • masculino

Portuguese

French

2855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
407 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1040 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
743 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19933 Morohashi
839 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3536 New Nelson (John Haig)
2552 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2609 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2472 2001 Kanji
4g3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
2451.0 Four corner code
1-18-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7261 Unicode hex code

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Kun reading compounds

  • 牡蠣 【かき】 oyster, oyster shell
  • 的矢かき 【まとやかき】 Matoya Oyster (from Matoya bay, Mie-ken)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ryeo

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4198 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2870 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33799X Morohashi
5399 New Nelson (John Haig)
6d14.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-14 SKIP code
5112.7 Four corner code
1-73-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8823 Unicode hex code