烤kǎo
to bake, to cook, to roast, to toast. 10 strokes, radical 火, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin kǎoStrokes 10Radical 火Band HSK 5Words 2
How to write 烤
Strokes 1–4 write 火, then strokes 5–10 write 考.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 烤 · the stroke-order rules
What 烤 is made of
火 (huǒ, fire) and 考 (kǎo, to test).
火 carries the meaning — fire — and 考 carries the sound.
Words that use 烤
| 烤肉 | grilled/roasted meat, barbecue 指用火烤制而成的肉食 学员靠近烤炉烤制美味烤肉。The trainee stood by the grill roasting delicious grilled meat. Lesson 447, 严谨察度 · 文武兼修与科学攻坚 · Cultural Elegance & Scientific Frontiers |
| 烤鸭 | roast duck 指用明火或焖炉烤制的鸭肉 师傅精心出炉了北京烤鸭。The chef carefully finished off a Beijing roast duck. Lesson 447, 严谨察度 · 文武兼修与科学攻坚 · Cultural Elegance & Scientific Frontiers |
More characters with the radical 火
All 19 of them, and what the radical means, on the 火 radical page.