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Character #702 · The First 1000

shāo

roast

to burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise; to cook; to prepare food

Strokes
1016
TraditionalSimplified
燒 烧
Poster cell
B26
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • ránshāo to ignite
  • fāshāo to have a fever
  • shāokǎo barbecue
  • shāohuǐ to burn
  • huǒshāo to set fire to
  • shāobing baked sesame seed-coated cake
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 烧燒

Write 烧燒 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, shāo, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell B26 · 28 × 36 grid

烧燒 is #702 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 烧 mean in English?
烧 (shāo) means "roast": to burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise; to cook; to prepare food.
How do you pronounce 烧?
烧 is pronounced shāo in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄕㄠ.
How many strokes does 烧 have?
The simplified form, 烧, has 10 strokes. The traditional form, 燒, has 16.
What is the traditional form of 烧?
The traditional form of 烧 is 燒. 烧 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 燒 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 烧?
Common words that use 烧 include 燃烧 (ránshāo, to ignite), 发烧 (fāshāo, to have a fever), 烧烤 (shāokǎo, barbecue), 烧毁 (shāohuǐ, to burn).
How common is 烧?
烧 is number 702 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell B26 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.