Kanji N2

焼: bake, burning

焼 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning bake, burning, written with 12 strokes. It is read ショウ (on) and やく, やき, やける (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 焼く (やく, to burn) and 焼ける (やける, to burn).

焼

Meanings

  • bake
  • burning
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#982 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • やく
  • やき
  • やき-
  • -やき
  • やける

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 焼

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 焼くやく

    to burn

    JLPT N4
  • 焼けるやける

    to burn; to burn down; to go down in flames

    JLPT N4
  • 燃焼ねんしょう

    burning; combustion

    JLPT N1
  • 日焼けひやけ

    sunburn; suntan; tan

    JLPT N1
  • 夕焼けゆうやけ

    evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

    JLPT N1
  • 焼死しょうし

    death by fire

  • 焼却しょうきゃく

    incineration; destruction by fire

  • 焼け跡やけあと

    ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.