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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- shao1
- English meanings
- oven broil, roast, burn, broil, run a fever, baking, stew ... in soy sauce, cook, heat, bake, burning, burnt, stew, grill, cooking, have a temperature
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 火; right 尧.
Meaning & sound clues
火 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “fire”.
尧 is identified as the sound component (yáo). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 烧.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
spoon
whistle; sentry
lack
to bring sth to sb
tip; end
any
introduce; connect; Shaoxing
beautiful; splendid
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 发烧
- 烧毁
- 烧烤
- 焚烧
- 燃烧