烧 shāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- Made of
- 火 fire, flame 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
烧
shāo
to burn; to heat
Character
Example phrases
- 水烧开了。 Shuǐ shāo kāi le. The water has boiled.
- 他发烧了。 Tā fā shāo le. He has a fever.
- 别烧纸了。 Bié shāo zhǐ le. Stop burning paper.