焼 = 火 + 尭

焼 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “burn”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 尭 (a legendary ancient emperor-sage).

Keyword: burn
Pinyin (Mandarin): shāo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: ожог
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 焼 bake

Decomposition

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火 fire
尭 a legendary ancient emperor-sage

How to find 焼 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “a legendary ancient emperor-sage”. 焼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 焼 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.