烧shāo
to cook, to burn. 10 strokes, radical 火, first met in HSK 4.
What 烧 is made of
火 (huǒ, fire) and 尧 (yáo, a legendary ancient emperor-sage).
火 carries the meaning — fire — and 尧 carries the sound.
How to write 烧
Strokes 1–4 write 火, then strokes 5–10 write 尧.
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 烧
Words that use 烧
| 烧 | to cook, to burn 用火把东西加热或做熟 社工烧好热饭送到老人家里。The social worker will cook a hot meal and deliver it to the elderly. Lesson 333, 仁厚笃行与浮生自强 · 文华流韵与笃行善道 · Cultural Heritage, Urban Integrity & Compassionate Action |
| 发烧 | to have a fever 身体不舒服，体温升高 家人因感冒发烧需要看病。His family member caught a cold and has a fever. Lesson 277, 治学求理与世事澄明 · 律政明镜与法治经纬 · Legal Integrity & The Rule of Law |
| 燃烧 | to burn 东西着火，冒出火焰和热量 夜幕下，壁炉里的木柴正燃烧着。Under the night sky, the logs in the hearth are burn. Lesson 328, 云霞变幻与人间关怀 · 金秋佳景与善邻新篇 · Golden Harvests, Clean Energy & Community Warmth |
Characters that share the sound part 尧
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 火
All 19 of them, and what the radical means, on the 火 radical page.