Keyword
roast
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig1284
Old form燒
Readings
や
(89%)
やき
(4%)
Composed of
fire
ten
fence made of sticks
legs
Mnemonic

A person on fire running after ten fences made of sticks on legs. "Wait, my little fences! Don't run away! I just want to roast you a little!" he says.

If someone like that came after you wouldn't you too grow a pair of legs and run away, even if you were a fence?

Used in vocabulary (771 in total)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
Examples (200 in total)
The meat I grilled is here, right?
I also love baking bread.
In my case, my house was burned down too.