Kanji

焼

bake, burning

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

火部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ショウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

やく, やき, やき-, -やき, やける

Nanori (Name Reading)

やき

Common Readings

ショウ, や…く, や…ける

Example sentences

焼く やく
母の誕生日のために、アップルパイを焼きました。

I baked an apple pie for my mother's birthday.

クッキー クッキー
母が焼いてくれた手作りクッキーは、バターの香りがした。

The homemade cookies my mother baked smelled of butter.

焼ける やける
西の空が真っ赤に焼けている

The western sky is burning bright red.

香ばしい こうばしい
キッチンからパンが焼ける香ばしい匂いが漂ってきた。

The fragrant smell of baking bread drifted from the kitchen.

夕焼け ゆうやけ
今日の夕焼けはとても綺麗だった。

The evening glow was so beautiful today.

赤い あかい
夕焼けで空が赤く染まっている。

The sky is dyed red by the sunset.

焼き尽くす やきつくす
戦火が町全体を焼き尽くした。

The fires of war burned the entire town to the ground.

日焼け ひやけ
海で一日中過ごしたので、ひどい日焼けをした。

I got a terrible sunburn because I spent all day at the sea.

真っ黒 まっくろ
海で一日中遊んでいたので、肌が真っ黒に日焼けした。

Since I played at the sea all day, my skin got a pitch-black tan.

焼き やき
この魚は焼きが足りない。

This fish isn't grilled enough.

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