I baked an apple pie for my mother's birthday.
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
The homemade cookies my mother baked smelled of butter.
The western sky is burning bright red.
The fragrant smell of baking bread drifted from the kitchen.
The evening glow was so beautiful today.
The sky is dyed red by the sunset.
The fires of war burned the entire town to the ground.
I got a terrible sunburn because I spent all day at the sea.
Since I played at the sea all day, my skin got a pitch-black tan.
This fish isn't grilled enough.
Example Vocabulary
焼く
to bake; to grill; to burn; to be jealous
焼ける
to burn; to be roasted; to be red (sky); to be sunburned
夕焼け
sunset; evening glow
焼き尽くす
to burn up completely; to reduce to ashes
日焼け
sunburn; suntan
焼き
grilling; roasting; baking; tempering
たこ焼き
takoyaki; octopus balls
卵焼き
焼き払う
焼きそば
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