This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ショウ、や.く、や.き、や.き-、-や.き、や.ける
Romaji: shō, ya.ku, ya.ki, ya.ki-, -ya.ki, ya.keru
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Name Readings

Kana: やい、やき
Romaji: yai, yaki
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Meanings

bake, burning

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  86
Frequency:  982
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  1-4-8
Korean Reading:  so
Chinese Reading:  shao1
Unicode:  713c
JIS:  3E46

Indexes

Halpern Index: 997
Nelson Index: 2772
New Nelson Index: 3438
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4d8.4
Four Corner Index: 9481.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 509
Gakken Index: 733
Japanese Names Index: 1588
Daikanwanjiten Index: 19166P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0465
Remembering the kanji Index: 1200
Kanji Flashcards Index: 717
Kodansha Compact Index: 1268
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 539
Kanji in Context Index: 218
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 681
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 909
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1208
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1284
Essential Kanji Index: 671
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1256
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1157
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 434
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 590

Words

焼き (やき)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
焼失 (しょうしつ)
being destroyed by fire
焼酎 (しょうちゅう)
shochu; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
焼肉 (やきにく)
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
焼ける (やける)
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset); to be jealous; to be envious
焼く (やく)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake; to fire; to burn; to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn; to print (a photo); to burn (an optical disc); to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
燃焼 (ねんしょう)
burning; combustion
全焼 (ぜんしょう)
burned down; entirely destroyed
焼却 (しょうきゃく)
incineration; destroy by fire
焼き払う (やきはらう)
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
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