烧
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shāo · to burn, to bake

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HSK 3.0 · Level 5Frequency #1488
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Shape and proportion

10Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

Keep the left side compact and leave enough room for the right side.

火Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 烧

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shāoWords pronounced shāo
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Example sentences

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Nǐ jīn tiān shì bu shì yǒu diǎn fā shāo?你今天是不是有点发烧?

You have a little fever today, don't you?

Source: Tatoeba #599137 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ men yào zài hǎi biān zài shāo kǎo jià shàng kǎo ròu.我们要在海边在烧烤架上烤肉。

We'll have a barbecue at the beach.

Source: Tatoeba #2595834 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zuó tiān wǒ fā gāo shāo le昨天我发高烧了

Yesterday I had a high fever.

Source: Tatoeba #395848 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ yì diǎn yě bù fā shāo.你一点也不发烧。

You have no fever whatsoever.

Source: Tatoeba #9961288 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ hǎo xiàng fā shāo le.我好像发烧了。

I seem to have a temperature.

Source: Tatoeba #427591 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhège nǚ rén fā shāo le.这个女人发烧了。

The woman has a fever.

Source: Tatoeba #3605523 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 烧 in context

  1. Say shāo, then recall the core meaning: to burn, to bake.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 发烧 (fā shāo), meaning “to have a high temperature”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 烧 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.