燒

See also: 焼 and 烧

燒 U+71D2, 燒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71D2 ← 燑 [U+71D1] CJK Unified Ideographs 燓 → [U+71D3]

Translingual

Traditional	燒
Shinjitai	焼
Simplified	烧

Han character

燒 (radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火土土山 (FGGU), four-corner 9481₁, composition ⿰火堯)

Descendants

• 焼, 烧

References

• KangXi: page 683, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19420
• Dae Jaweon: page 1095, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2231, character 7
• Unihan data for U+71D2

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Chinese

trad.		燒
simp.		烧
alt. forms		焼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (垚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
撓	*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃	*rŋaːw
譊	*rŋaːw
橈	*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽	*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝	*ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘	*hŋreːw
顤	*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒	*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒	*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯	*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘	*ŋjew
襓	*ŋjew
繞	*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶	*ŋjewʔ
嬈	*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬	*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺	*ŋ̊ʰew
翹	*ɡew, *ɡews
澆	*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍	*ŋkeːw
僥	*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯	*ŋeːw
垚	*ŋeːw
嶢	*ŋeːw
獟	*ŋeːws
膮	*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵	*hŋeːw
憢	*hŋeːw
曉	*hŋeːwʔ
皢	*hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hŋjew, *hŋjaws): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Etymology

From 蕘 (OC *ŋjew, “firewood; fuel”) with causative devoicing (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shāo (shao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ

  (Chengdu, SP): sao¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): siu¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siau¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): seu¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sêu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sau¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): sau¹
• Min Dong (BUC): siĕu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sio / siau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siê¹ / sio¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): sau (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): shau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: sao¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sao
    • IPA ^(key): /sau⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹
    • Yale: sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: siau¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siau³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: seu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɛu⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹
    • IPA: /se̯u²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sau¹
    • IPA: /sau⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sau¹
    • IPA (old-style): /sau¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕu
    • IPA ^(key): /sieu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio / siau
    • Tâi-lô: sio / siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy, siaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁴⁴/, /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio³³/, /ɕiaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁴⁴/, /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁴⁴/, /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴⁴/, /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/

Note:

• sio - vernacular;
• siau - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: siê¹ / sio¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sie / sio
  • IPA ^(key): /sie³³/, /sio³³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: sau (T1)
  • IPA ^(key): /sɔ⁵³/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: shau¹
  • IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂɒu³³/
  • IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sɒu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇu/, /ɕiᴇu^H/▼

Rime
Character	燒	燒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式招切	失照切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇu/	/ɕiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛu/	/ɕiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæu/	/ɕjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiaw/	/ɕiawH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛu/	/ɕiɛuH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛu/	/ɕĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛu/	/ɕi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāo	shào

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ̊]ew/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋjew/, /*hŋjaws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	燒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shāo
Middle Chinese	‹ syew ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ̊]ew/
English	burn
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燒	燒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14666	14667
Phonetic component	垚	垚
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	燒	少
Old Chinese	/*hŋjew/	/*hŋjaws/

Definitions

燒

1. to burn

   燃燒 / 燃烧  ―  ránshāo  ―  to burn

2. to heat up; to make warm
3. to burn; to corrode
4. to roast; to grill; to braise

   燒肉 / 烧肉  ―  shāoròu  ―  siu yuk

5. to stew after frying, or to fry after stewing
6. to cook (food)
7. (of a fuse) to blow
8. (medicine) to have a fever; to run a temperature
9. (medicine) fever; temperature
10. (colloquial) bigheaded; conceited and forgetting oneself due to having too much resources (money etc.)
11. (Central Plains Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Gan, Hakka, Jin, Min Nan, Min Bei) hot (having a high temperature)

    燒水 / 烧水 [Teochew]  ―  sio¹ zui² [Peng'im]  ―  hot water

12. (Cantonese) to set off (firecrackers, fireworks, etc.)

    燒炮仗 / 烧炮仗 [Cantonese]  ―  siu¹ paau³ zoeng^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to set off firecrackers

    燒煙花 / 烧烟花 [Cantonese]  ―  siu¹ jin¹ faa¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to set off fireworks

13. (Cantonese, electronics) to burn out
14. (Sichuan) to smoke
15. (Sichuan) to trick; to deceive
16. (Sichuan) to ridicule; to roast
17. (Min Nan) hot; having a high temperature

Compounds

Derived terms from 燒

• 不伏燒埋／不伏烧埋
• 不服燒埋／不服烧埋
• 串燒／串烧 (chuànshāo)
• 二度燒傷／二度烧伤
• 交趾燒／交趾烧
• 割燒／割烧
• 叉燒／叉烧 (chāshāo)
• 叉燒包／叉烧包 (chāshāobāo)
• 吃燒餅／吃烧饼
• 堆花燒酒／堆花烧酒
• 完全燃燒／完全燃烧
• 屠燒／屠烧
• 山田燒墾／山田烧垦
• 延燒／延烧
• 引火燒身／引火烧身
• 怒火中燒／怒火中烧
• 惹火燒身／惹火烧身
• 扛子火燒／扛子火烧
• 揀佛燒香／拣佛烧香
• 摧燒／摧烧
• 槓子火燒／杠子火烧
• 湯燒火熱／汤烧火热
• 火燒／火烧 (huǒshāo)
• 火燒兒／火烧儿 (huǒshāor)
• 火燒屁股／火烧屁股
• 火燒心／火烧心
• 火燒火燎／火烧火燎
• 火燒眉毛／火烧眉毛
• 火燒祆廟／火烧祆庙
• 火燒車／火烧车
• 火燒雲／火烧云
• 灼燒／灼烧
• 灼背燒頂／灼背烧顶
• 烙燒餅／烙烧饼
• 焚燒／焚烧 (fénshāo)
• 煮鶴燒琴／煮鹤烧琴
• 燃燒／燃烧 (ránshāo)
• 燒丹鍊汞／烧丹炼汞
• 燒傷／烧伤 (shāoshāng)
• 燒冷灶／烧冷灶
• 燒刀子／烧刀子

• 燒利市／烧利市
• 燒包／烧包 (shāobāo)
• 燒化／烧化
• 燒喇嘛／烧喇嘛
• 燒埋／烧埋
• 燒埋錢／烧埋钱
• 燒墾／烧垦
• 燒夷彈／烧夷弹
• 燒尾／烧尾
• 燒心／烧心 (shāoxīn)
• 燒料／烧料
• 燒春／烧春
• 燒杯／烧杯 (shāobēi)
• 燒果／烧果
• 燒殺搶掠／烧杀抢掠
• 燒毀／烧毁 (shāohuǐ)
• 燒水／烧水 (shāoshuǐ)
• 燒活／烧活
• 燒火／烧火 (shāohuǒ)
• 燒火焜／烧火焜
• 燒灼／烧灼 (shāozhuó)
• 燒炕／烧炕
• 燒烤／烧烤 (shāokǎo)
• 燒焊／烧焊
• 燒焦／烧焦
• 燒煉／烧炼
• 燒王船／烧王船
• 燒瓶／烧瓶 (shāopíng)
• 燒眉之急／烧眉之急
• 燒石膏／烧石膏
• 燒窯／烧窑
• 燒箱庫／烧箱库
• 燒紙／烧纸 (shāozhǐ)
• 燒紙引鬼／烧纸引鬼
• 燒結／烧结
• 燒肉／烧肉 (shāoròu)
• 燒臘／烧腊 (shāolà)
• 燒荒／烧荒
• 燒菜／烧菜
• 燒葬／烧葬
• 燒藍／烧蓝

• 燒豬／烧猪
• 燒賣／烧卖 (shāomài)
• 燒酒／烧酒 (shāojiǔ)
• 燒銲／烧銲
• 燒錄／烧录 (shāolù)
• 燒錄器／烧录器
• 燒錄機／烧录机
• 燒鍋／烧锅
• 燒頭香／烧头香
• 燒飯／烧饭 (shāofàn)
• 燒餅／烧饼 (shāobǐng)
• 燒餅歌／烧饼歌
• 燒香／烧香 (shāoxiāng)
• 燒香磕頭／烧香磕头
• 燒高香／烧高香
• 燒鴨子／烧鸭子
• 燒鹼／烧碱 (shāojiǎn)
• 燜燒鍋／焖烧锅
• 發燒／发烧 (fāshāo)
• 發燒友／发烧友 (fāshāoyǒu)
• 發燒客／发烧客
• 發燒度／发烧度
• 發高燒／发高烧
• 白燒／白烧
• 磕頭燒香／磕头烧香
• 紅燒／红烧 (hóngshāo)
• 紅燒肉／红烧肉 (hóngshāoròu)
• 裡外發燒／里外发烧
• 赤舌燒城／赤舌烧城
• 退燒／退烧 (tuìshāo)
• 酥燒／酥烧
• 釉燒／釉烧
• 野燒／野烧
• 銅鑼燒／铜锣烧
• 鍛燒／锻烧
• 鐵板燒／铁板烧 (tiěbǎnshāo)
• 飢火燒腸／饥火烧肠
• 馮諼燒券／冯諼烧券
• 高燒／高烧 (gāoshāo)
• 麥燒／麦烧

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Japanese

Shinjitai	焼
Kyūjitai	燒

Kanji

燒

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 焼)

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Readings

• Goon: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan’on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: やく (yaku, 燒く); やける (yakeru, 燒ける)

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Korean

Hanja

燒 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

1. to burn
2. fire

Synonyms

• 烙 (낙, nag)
• 焠 (쉬, swi)
• 灼 (작, jag)

Compounds

• 燒印 (소인, soin) brand, branding iron
• 燒酒 (소주, soju)

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Vietnamese

Hán Tự

燒 (thiêu, thiu, sao)

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