Chinese Character 烤 Meanings and components.

Form

烤

Meaning

烤 meaning[3] in English

To Roast.

To Bake.

To Broil.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 烤 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Huo (火) , and to beat (考)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with FJKS

How to write 烤

To write烤kao3to roast you should write a combination of 火huo3surname Huo , 考kao3to beat arranged in a 吅 shape:

火 + 考 = 烤

烤 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 烤 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 烤, looks as follow:

烤
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Roast . To Bake . To Broil
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo
考
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Beat . To Hit . Variant Of 考[Kao3] . To Inspect . To Test . To Take An Exam
耂
Pinyin:lao3
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
丂
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 'Breath' Or 'Sigh' Component In Chinese Characters

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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