Memory phrase for the character: 烧

烧

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Meaning to roast, to cook, to burn, to stew

Pronunciation

shāo

Explanation

Left: fire 火, right: Emperor Tang Yao 尧 (variation of halberd 戈, table )

Mnemonic
 
The fire shall have (a distance) of a halberd to the table: when roasting.

Radicals

火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
尧 Tang Yaofourth of Five legendary
tableThis hanzi 几 stands also for "how many" or small table and this radical is understood as a variation of it.
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 Vocabulary

燃烧 rán shāo  combustion; flaming; kindle
烧杯 shāo bēi  beaker (glassware)
烧瓶 shāo píng  laboratory flask
烧饼 shāo bing  baked sesame seed coated cake
焚烧 fén shāo  to burn; set on fire
烧煮 shāo zhǔ  to cook
焙烧 bèi shāo  to roast; to bake (e.g. mineral ore)
焙烧 bèi shāo  

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