烧
shāo HSK4

burn

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 9, 2021, 09:21 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 9, 2021, 09:21 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 燒.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
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