烧(shāo): to burn
to burn
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- shāo
- Meaning
- 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
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK level
- HSK 4
- Traditional
- 燒
Origin & structure
Where 烧 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 烧 step by step
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Words with 烧
Common words using 烧 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
chuàn串shāo烧
to cook on a skewer; barbecued food on a skewer; shish kebab; (fig.) to per…
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