Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

982 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: bake, burning

Kunyomi: や.く や.き や.き- -や.き や.ける

Onyomi: ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひへん

Meaning: fire

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

却する(しょうきゃくする)   incinerate, burn up

死する(しょうしする)   be burned to death

する(ぜんしょうする)   burn down completely

く(やく)   bake, grill [v.t.]

き物(やきもの)   earthenware, pottery, porcelain

きもち(やきもち)   jealousy

き鳥(やきとり)   grilled chicken on a stick

目玉き(めだまやき)   eggs fried sunny-side-up

ける(やける)   be burned, be sunburnt [v.i.]

け(ひやけ)   sunburn

け(ゆうやけ)   sunset

Onyomi Examples

ショウシ death by fire

ショウキャク incineration, destroy by fire

ハンショウ partial destruction by fire

エンショウ spread of fire

Kunyomi Examples

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

やき cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying, heating, tempering, -ware

やきにく yakiniku, Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue, roasted meat, grill

お好み 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

たまごやき rolled egg, rolled omelette (omelet), fried egg, frying pan for making rolled eggs

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