焼く

Meanings

1. to burn
2. to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue
3. to heat; to heat up
4. to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake; to fire; to burn
5. to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn

Part of speech: godan verb (く), transitive

Kanji

• 焼

  Meanings

  bake, burning

  On reading

  ショウ

  Kun reading

  や.く、や.き、や.き-、-や.き、や.ける

  Strokes

  12

Example sentences

• このお肉をもうすこし焼いてくださいませんか。

  Could you cook this meat a little more?

  Tatoeba #223928 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• この夏はこんがり焼こうと思います。

  I am going to try to get a good tan.

  Tatoeba #222865 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ２枚ずつやいてください。

  I'd like two prints of each.

  Tatoeba #235390 · CC BY 2.0 FR