烤

to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,892 U+70E4

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

火 (semantic, “fire”) + 考 (phonetic, kǎo)

components: 火考

roast · Heisig RSH #1031

火 fire + 考 take an exam

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 考

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 考 (kǎo) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
考 sound component	kǎo	to test, to investigate, to examine
栲	kǎo	mangrove
铐	kào	shackles, manacles

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
烤面包机	kǎo miàn bāo jī	toaster
土耳其旋转烤肉	Tǔ ěr qí xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròu	Turkish döner kebab
烤面包	kǎo miàn bāo	to toast bread; toasted bread; toast; to bake bread
旋转烤肉	xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròu	döner kebab
烤电	kǎo diàn	diathermia (medical treatment involving local heating of body tissues with electric curren…
北京烤鸭	Běi jīng kǎo yā	Peking Duck
烤火	kǎo huǒ	to warm oneself at a fire
烤鸡	kǎo jī	roast chicken
烤肉	kǎo ròu	to barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat
烤盘	kǎo pán	baking tray
烤房	kǎo fáng	drying room; oven
烤烟	kǎo yān	flue-cured tobacco; tobacco for flue-curing
烤肉酱	kǎo ròu jiàng	barbecue sauce
现烤	xiàn kǎo	freshly baked; freshly roasted
薄烤饼	bó kǎo bǐng	pancake
烤架	kǎo jià	grill (of a cooker etc)
烧烤酱	shāo kǎo jiàng	barbecue sauce
烧烤	shāo kǎo	barbecue; to roast
烤肠	kǎo cháng	grilled sausage; roasted sausage
奶汁烤	nǎi zhī kǎo	gratin