Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (燒)
Simplified (烧)
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Historical Evolution
烧
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
烧
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
烧
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
烧
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
烧
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
烧
Regular
Modern
Chinese
烧 / 燒 [shāo]
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
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (89)
燃烧 [ránshāo] #3,705
to ignite
烧烤 [shāokǎo] #5,897
barbecue
烧伤 [shāoshāng] #6,322
burn (injury)
烧毁 [shāohuǐ] #6,839
to burn
发烧 [fāshāo] #5,839
to have a high temperature (from illness)
火烧 [huǒshāo] #11,265
to set fire to
焚烧 [fénshāo] #13,751
to burn
红烧 [hóngshāo] #33,405
simmer-fried (dish)
高烧 [gāoshāo] #16,757
fever
烧饼 [shāobing] #41,256
baked sesame seed-coated cake
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
KOREAN WORDS (2)