烧
to burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise; to cook; to prepare food; to run a fever; fever; (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away
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Dict coverage rank #839 U+70E7
How 烧 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 尧 (phonetic, yáo)
How to remember it
fever · Heisig RSH #377
火 fire + javelin thrower
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尧
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尧 (yáo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尧 sound component | yáo | a legendary ancient emperor-sage |
| 绕 | rào | to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve |
| 饶 | ráo | abundant, bountiful |
| 翘 | qiào | outstanding; to elevate, to lift, to raise |
| 晓 | xiǎo | dawn; clear, explicit, known |
| 挠 | náo | to yield; to scratch, to disturb |
| 浇 | jiāo | to spray, to sprinkle, to water |
| 跷 | qiāo | to stand on tiptoe; stilts |
| 侥 | jiǎo | to be lucky; by chance, by luck |
| 桡 | ráo | radius, forearm; a bent or twisted piece of wood |
| 蛲 | náo | parasitic worm; human pinworm |
| 骁 | xiāo | valiant, brave; skilled; a noble steed |
| 娆 | ráo | graceful, charming, fascinating |
| 荛 | ráo | fuel, firewood; grass, shrub; Wikstroemia japonica |
| 哓 | xiāo | garrulous; disturbed; restless |
| 硗 | qiāo | barren land; sandy soil |
| 铙 | náo | cymbals, hand-bell; to disturb |
Words containing 烧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烧利市 | shāo lì shì | (old) to burn paper money as an offering |
| 日式烧肉 | Rì shì shāo ròu | yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat) |
| 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 | píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo | (lit.) to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis (prover… |
| 烧高香 | shāo gāo xiāng | to burn incense; to thank profusely |
| 红烧肉 | hóng shāo ròu | red braised pork |
| 火烧云 | huǒ shāo yún | nuée ardente; hot cloud of volcanic ash |
| 真金不怕火来烧 | zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo | see 真金不怕火煉|真金不怕火炼[zhen1 jin1 bu4 pa4 huo3 lian4] |
| 烧水 | shāo shuǐ | to heat water; to boil water |
| 烧心 | shāo xīn | to worry |
| 引火烧身 | yǐn huǒ shāo shēn | to invite trouble |
| 高烧 | gāo shāo | (medicine) high fever |
| 发烧 | fā shāo | to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; … |
| 烧开 | shāo kāi | to boil |
| 铁板烧 | tiě bǎn shāo | teppanyaki |
| 烧红 | shāo hóng | to heat until red-hot |
| 红烧 | hóng shāo | to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown |
| 火烧眉毛 | huǒ shāo méi mao | lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency |
| 火烧 | huǒ shāo | to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake |
| 烧火 | shāo huǒ | to light a fire for cooking |
| 锅烧意面 | guō shāo yì miàn | nabeyaki egg noodles |