燒

shāo

burn; bake; heat; roast

How to write 燒, 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 堯

Made of 火 + 堯

燃燒rán shāoto ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
燒死shāo sǐto burn to death
發燒fā shāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over; (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
燒燬shāo huǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
燒傷shāo shāngburn (injury)
燒烤shāo kǎobarbecue; to roast
火燒huǒ shāoto set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake
燒焦shāo jiāoto burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred
焚燒fén shāoto burn; to set on fire
燃燒彈rán shāo dànfire bomb; incendiary device
高燒gāo shāofever; high temperature
叉燒chā shāochar siu; barbecued pork

我把我的指尖給燒傷了。
wǒ bǎ wǒ de zhǐ jiān gěi shāo shāng le 。
I burnt my fingertip.
他放火燒了校舍。
tā fàng huǒ shāo le xiào shè 。
He set fire to the school building.
今天上午我有一點兒發燒。
jīn tiān shàng wǔ wǒ yǒu yì diǎn ér fā shāo 。
I had a little fever this morning.
這房子正在燃燒著。
zhè fáng zi zhèng zài rán shāo zhù 。
The house is burning.
那場火災把郵車上的郵件燒掉了一大半。
nà chǎng huǒ zāi bǎ yóu jū shàng de yóu jiàn shāo diào le yí dà bàn 。
The mail train lost most of its mail in the fire.