漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
焦: char, hurry
Also: impatient, irritate, burn, scorch, singe
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
隹 and 灬 carry the meaning
12 strokes
Five readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 焦土しょうどscorched earth
- 焦点しょうてんfocus, point
- 焦燥感しょうそうかんimpatience, uneasiness
こげるkogeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 焦げるこげるburn, be burned [v.i.]
こがすkogasu · kun'yomi
- 焦がすこがすburn, scorch, singe [v.t.]
こがれるkogareru · kun'yomi
- 恋焦がれるこいこがれるyearn for, be deeply in love
- 待ち焦がれるまちこがれるlong for
あせるaseru · kun'yomi
- 焦るあせるbe in a hurry, be impatient
Also read じれる, じらす, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“These four dots are flames under a cooking pot! When you see 灬 at the bottom of a kanji, imagine a fire heating something from below.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side焦 char · 灬
vs進 advance · ⻌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiāo
Same form: 焦 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 焦 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 焦 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiāo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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