烧

shāo

burn; bake; heat; roast

How to write 烧, stroke by stroke

to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head

Pictophonetic: semantic 火 (fire), phonetic 尧

Made of 火 + 尧

燃烧rán shāoto ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
烧死shāo sǐto burn to death
发烧fā shāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over; (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
烧毁shāo huǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
烧伤shāo shāngburn (injury)
烧烤shāo kǎobarbecue; to roast
火烧huǒ shāoto set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake
烧焦shāo jiāoto burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred
焚烧fén shāoto burn; to set on fire
燃烧弹rán shāo dànfire bomb; incendiary device
高烧gāo shāofever; high temperature
叉烧chā shāochar siu; barbecued pork

你今天是不是有点发烧？
nǐ jīn tiān shì bu shì yǒu diǎn fā shāo ？
You have a little fever today, don't you?
老婆婆被烧死。
lǎo pó po bèi shāo sǐ 。
An old woman was burnt to death.
塑料不易燃烧。
sù liào bú yì rán shāo 。
Plastic does not burn easily.
我们星期天要去烧烤。
wǒ men xīng qī tiān yào qù shāo kǎo 。
We're having a barbeque on Sunday.
房子被大火烧成了灰烬。
fáng zi bèi dà huǒ shāo chéng le huī jìn 。
The fire reduced the house to ashes.