# 燒

| 燒 | U+71D2, &#29138; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71D2 |
| ← 燑 [U+71D1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 燓 → [U+71D3] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 燒 |
| Shinjitai | 焼 |
| Simplified | 烧 |

### Han character

燒 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火土土山 (FGGU), four-corner 9481$_1$, composition ⿰火堯)

#### Derived characters

* 𬘏

#### Descendants

* 焼, 烧

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 683, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19420
* Dae Jaweon: page 1095, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2231, character 7
* Unihan data for U+71D2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 燒 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 撓 | *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ |
| 鐃 | *rŋaːw |
| 譊 | *rŋaːw |
| 橈 | *rŋaːws, *ŋjew |
| 磽 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ |
| 墝 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw |
| 穘 | *hŋreːw |
| 顤 | *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws |
| 燒 | *hŋjew, *hŋjaws |
| 饒 | *ŋjew, *ŋjaws |
| 蟯 | *ŋjew, *ʔŋew |
| 蕘 | *ŋjew |
| 襓 | *ŋjew |
| 繞 | *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws |
| 遶 | *ŋjewʔ |
| 嬈 | *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws |
| 趬 | *ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews |
| 蹺 | *ŋ̊ʰew |
| 翹 | *ɡew, *ɡews |
| 澆 | *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws |
| 驍 | *ŋkeːw |
| 僥 | *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw |
| 堯 | *ŋeːw |
| 垚 | *ŋeːw |
| 嶢 | *ŋeːw |
| 獟 | *ŋeːws |
| 膮 | *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ |
| 嘵 | *hŋeːw |
| 憢 | *hŋeːw |
| 曉 | *hŋeːwʔ |
| 皢 | *hŋeːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hŋjew, *hŋjaws) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

### Etymology

From 蕘 (OC *ŋjew, “firewood; fuel”) with causative devoicing (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shāo (shao$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sao$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): siau$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): seu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sêu
    (Hailu, HRS): shau$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sau$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sau$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): chiáu
* Eastern Min (BUC): siĕu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sio / so / siau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siê$^1$ / sio$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$sau / $^1$shiau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shao
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^1$
*** Yale: shāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau
*** Palladius: шао (šao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sao$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sao
*** Sinological IPA : /sau⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^1$
*** Yale: sīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: siau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siau³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: seu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛu⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shau$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃau⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sau⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sau¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiáu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiau⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /sieu⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬieu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio
*** Tâi-lô: sio
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioy
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sio⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sio³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so
*** Tâi-lô: so
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soy
*** IPA (Longyan): /so³³⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
*** Tâi-lô: siau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /siau³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴/
* sio - vernacular;
* siau - literary.
* Middle Chinese: syew, syewH
Rime :
| Character | 燒 | 燒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 式招切 | 失照切 |
| Baxter | syew | syewH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiᴇu/ | /ɕiᴇu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɛu/ | /ɕiɛu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjæu/ | /ɕjæu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiaw/ | /ɕiaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɛu/ | /ɕiɛu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭɛu/ | /ɕĭɛu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ɛu/ | /ɕi̯ɛu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shāo | shào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^1$ | siu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ̊]ew/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hŋjew/, /*hŋjaws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 燒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shāo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syew › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ŋ̊]ew/ |
| English | burn |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 燒 | 燒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14666 | 14667 |
| Phonetic component | 垚 | 垚 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 燒 | 少 |
| Old Chinese | /*hŋjew/ | /*hŋjaws/ |

### Definitions

燒
* to burn
    燃燒／燃烧 ― ránshāo ― to burn
* to heat up; to make warm
* to burn; to corrode
* to roast; to grill; to braise
    燒肉／烧肉 ― shāoròu ― siu yuk
    Synonym: 烤 (kǎo)
* to stew after frying, or to fry after stewing
* to cook (food)
* (of a fuse) to blow
* (medicine) to have a fever; to run a temperature
* (medicine) fever; temperature
* (colloquial) bigheaded; conceited and forgetting oneself due to having too many resources (money etc.)
       Āiyou, nǐ kànkan. Gébì nèi shéi, shāo de dōu bùzhīdào xìng shenme le, bǎ nèi diǎnr qián dàochu luàn huā. [Pinyin]
       Oh, look. The neighbor you-know-who, has lost clearheadedness to keep the money, spends that a little money on everywhere.
* (dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Hakka, Jin) boiling hot; scalding hot
* (Hakka, Northern Min, Southern Min, Malaysian and Singapore Mandarin) hot; having a high temperature (distinguished from 熱／热, which describes weather)
    燒水／烧水 [Teochew] ― sio$^1$ zui$^2$ [Peng'im] ― hot water
* (Cantonese) to set off (firecrackers, fireworks, etc.)
    燒炮仗／烧炮仗 [Cantonese] ― siu$^1$ paau$^3$ zoeng$^{6-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to set off firecrackers
    燒煙花／烧烟花 [Cantonese] ― siu$^1$ jin$^1$ faa$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to set off fireworks
* (Cantonese, electronics) to burn out
* (Sichuanese) to smoke
* (Sichuanese) to trick; to deceive
* (Sichuanese) to ridicule; to roast
* (Internet slang) to cause flaming; to cause controversy
* (Mainland China, Internet slang) Alternative form of 騷 / 骚 (sāo, “flirty; provocative”)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 燙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 燙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 燙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 燒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 燙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 燙, 燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 燙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 炟 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 燙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 燙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 燙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 焫, 滾 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 焫, 滾 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 焫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 淥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 淥 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 焫 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 焫 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 燙 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 淥 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 滾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 燒, 滾 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 滾 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 滾, 淥, 焫 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 燒 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 燒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 燒 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 燒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 燒 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 燒 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 燒 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 燒, 淥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 燙, 燙人, 燒, 燒人 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 燙 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 灴 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 燙 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 燙 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 燙 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 燒 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 燙 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 燙 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 燙 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 燒𤐰, 𤐰 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 辣 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 熱 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 熱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 熱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 熱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 燒 ‡, 熱 † |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 熱 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 熱 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 熱 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 熱 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 熱 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 熱 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 熱 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 熱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 熱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 熱, 暖 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 熱, 㷫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 熱, 㷫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 熱, 㷫 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 熱, 燒 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 熱 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 熱 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 熱 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 熱 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 熱 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 燒, 熱 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 燒 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 燒 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 滾 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 暖 |
| Hakka | Changting | 燒 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 燒 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 燒 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 燒 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 燒 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 滾 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 燒 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 滾 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 熱 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 熱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 熱 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 熱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 熱 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 熱 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 燒, 熱 † |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 熱 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 熱 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 燒, 熱 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 熱 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 熱 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 燒, 熱 † |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 燒, 熱 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 燒, 熱 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 熱 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 燒 GT, 熱 †, GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 燒 ‡, 熱 † |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 燒 ‡, 熱 † |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 燒 ‡, 熱 † |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 燒, 熱 † |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 燒, 熱 † |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 燒 ‡, 熱 † |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 燒, 熱 † |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 燒, 熱 † |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 燒 ‡, 熱 † |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 熱 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 燒 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 燒, 燒熱 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 熱 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 燒 ‡, 熱 † |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 熱 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 熱 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 熱 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 熱 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 熱 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 熱 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 熱 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified); † - describes the weather; ‡ - describes objects | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified); † - describes the weather; ‡ - describes objects |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 發燒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 發燒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 發燒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 發燒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 發燒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 發燒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 發燒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 發燒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 發燒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 發燒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 發燒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 發燒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 發燒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 燒的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 發燒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 發燒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 發熱, 發燒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 燒開哩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 發燒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 發燒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 發燒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 發燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 發燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 發燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 發燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 發熱, 發燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 發燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 發燒熱, 發燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 發熱, 燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 發熱, 發燙, 發燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 發燒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 發燒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 發熱, 發燒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 發熱, 發燒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 發熱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 發熱, 發燒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 發燒, 身熱, 身㷫, 發熱, 發㷫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 發燒, 身㷫, 燒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 身熱 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 發熱, 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 朝火, 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 朝火, 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 身熱 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 發燒, 熱緊, 頭熱 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 熱緊 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 發燒, 身熱 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 發燒, 發㷫 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 身熱 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 身熱, 身㷫 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 發燒, 身熱 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 發熱 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 發燒 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 發燒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 發燒, 燒 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 發燒, 有燒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 燒熱, 燒, 有燒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 發燒, 發熱, 作燒 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 發熱 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 發熱 |
| Hakka | Changting | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 作燒 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 發滾, 作滾, 發熱, 發燒 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 作滾 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 作燒, 發燒 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 發燒, 作燒 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 發燒 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 發燒, 圍身熱 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 發熱, 發燒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 發燒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 發燒, 發火, 發暖 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 身子燒 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 高燒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 發熱 |
| Jin | Jining | 發燒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 發燒 |
| Jin | Baotou | 發燒 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 發燒 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 燒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 發燒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 熱 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 發熱 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 發燒 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 燒儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 烘熱 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 燒得 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 身燒 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 發燒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 發燒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 發燒, 發熱, 燒熱 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 發燒, 燒熱 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 發燒, 燒熱 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 發燒 GT, 燒熱 GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 發燒 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 燒燒, 發燒 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 發燒 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 發熱 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 發熱 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 發熱 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 發燒 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 發燒 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 發燒 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 發燒 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 著熱 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 著熱 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 發燒 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 發燒 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 發熱 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 發熱 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 發熱 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 發熱 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 發熱 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 發熱 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 發熱 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 發熱 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 發燒熱 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 燒熱 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 燒熱 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 作熱 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 發熱 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 發寒熱, 發熱, 發燒 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 發熱 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 發寒熱 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 發寒熱 |
| Wu | Danyang | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 發熱 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 肌身熱, 發寒熱 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 身體暖 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 燒熱 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 燒熱 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 發燒, 發熱 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 發燒 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 發燒 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Compounds

* 不伏燒埋 / 不伏烧埋
* 不服燒埋 / 不服烧埋
* 串燒 / 串烧 (chuànshāo)
* 二度燒傷 / 二度烧伤
* 交趾燒 / 交趾烧
* 割燒 / 割烧
* 叉燒 / 叉烧 (chāshāo)
* 叉燒包 / 叉烧包 (chāshāobāo)
* 吃燒餅 / 吃烧饼
* 堆花燒酒 / 堆花烧酒
* 完全燃燒 / 完全燃烧
* 屠燒 / 屠烧
* 山田燒墾 / 山田烧垦
* 延燒 / 延烧 (yánshāo)
* 引火燒身 / 引火烧身 (yǐnhuǒshāoshēn)
* 怒火中燒 / 怒火中烧 (nùhuǒzhōngshāo)
* 惹火燒身 / 惹火烧身 (rěhuǒshāoshēn)
* 扛子火燒 / 扛子火烧
* 揀佛燒香 / 拣佛烧香
* 摧燒 / 摧烧
* 槓子火燒 / 杠子火烧
* 湯燒火熱 / 汤烧火热
* 火燒 / 火烧
* 火燒兒 / 火烧儿 (huǒshāor)
* 火燒坪 / 火烧坪 (Huǒshāopíng)
* 火燒屁股 / 火烧屁股
* 火燒心 / 火烧心
* 火燒火燎 / 火烧火燎
* 火燒眉毛 / 火烧眉毛 (huǒshāoméimáo)
* 火燒祆廟 / 火烧祆庙
* 火燒車 / 火烧车
* 火燒雲 / 火烧云 (huǒshāoyún)
* 灼燒 / 灼烧
* 灼背燒頂 / 灼背烧顶
* 烙燒餅 / 烙烧饼
* 焚燒 / 焚烧 (fénshāo)
* 煮鶴燒琴 / 煮鹤烧琴
* 燒丹鍊汞 / 烧丹炼汞
* 燒傷 / 烧伤 (shāoshāng)
* 燒冷灶 / 烧冷灶
* 燒刀子 / 烧刀子 (shāodāozi)
* 燒利市 / 烧利市
* 燒包 / 烧包 (shāobāo)
* 燒化 / 烧化 (shāohuà)
* 燒味 / 烧味 (shāowèi)
* 燒喇嘛 / 烧喇嘛
* 燒埋 / 烧埋
* 燒埋錢 / 烧埋钱
* 燒墾 / 烧垦
* 燒夷彈 / 烧夷弹
* 燒尾 / 烧尾
* 燒心 / 烧心 (shāoxīn)
* 燒料 / 烧料
* 燒春 / 烧春
* 燒杯 / 烧杯 (shāobēi)
* 燒果 / 烧果
* 燒殺搶掠 / 烧杀抢掠
* 燒毀 / 烧毁 (shāohuǐ)
* 燒水 / 烧水 (shāoshuǐ)
* 燒活 / 烧活
* 燒火 / 烧火 (shāohuǒ)
* 燒火焜 / 烧火焜
* 燒灼 / 烧灼 (shāozhuó)
* 燒炕 / 烧炕
* 燒烤 / 烧烤 (shāokǎo)
* 燒焊 / 烧焊 (shāohàn)
* 燒焦 / 烧焦 (shāojiāo)
* 燒煉 / 烧炼
* 燃燒 / 燃烧 (ránshāo)
* 燜燒鍋 / 焖烧锅
* 燒王船 / 烧王船
* 燒瓶 / 烧瓶 (shāopíng)
* 燒眉之急 / 烧眉之急
* 燒石膏 / 烧石膏
* 燒窯 / 烧窑
* 燒箱庫 / 烧箱库
* 燒紙 / 烧纸 (shāozhǐ)
* 燒紙引鬼 / 烧纸引鬼
* 燒結 / 烧结
* 燒肉 / 烧肉 (shāoròu)
* 燒腦 / 烧脑 (shāonǎo)
* 燒臘 / 烧腊 (shāolà)
* 燒荒 / 烧荒
* 燒菜 / 烧菜
* 燒葬 / 烧葬
* 燒藍 / 烧蓝
* 燒豬 / 烧猪
* 燒賣 / 烧卖 (shāomài)
* 燒酒 / 烧酒 (shāojiǔ)
* 燒銲 / 烧焊
* 燒錢 / 烧钱 (shāoqián)
* 燒錄 / 烧录 (shāolù)
* 燒錄器 / 烧录器
* 燒錄機 / 烧录机
* 燒鍋 / 烧锅
* 燒頭香 / 烧头香
* 燒飯 / 烧饭 (shāofàn)
* 燒餅 / 烧饼 (shāobǐng)
* 燒餅歌 / 烧饼歌
* 燒香 / 烧香 (shāoxiāng)
* 燒香磕頭 / 烧香磕头
* 燒高香 / 烧高香
* 燒鴨子 / 烧鸭子
* 燒鹼 / 烧碱 (shāojiǎn)
* 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 / 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 (liú dé qīngshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo)
* 發燒 / 发烧 (fāshāo)
* 發燒友 / 发烧友 (fāshāoyǒu)
* 發燒客 / 发烧客
* 發燒度 / 发烧度
* 發高燒 / 发高烧
* 白燒 / 白烧
* 磕頭燒香 / 磕头烧香
* 紅燒 / 红烧 (hóngshāo)
* 紅燒肉 / 红烧肉 (hóngshāoròu)
* 裡外發燒 / 里外发烧
* 赤舌燒城 / 赤舌烧城
* 退燒 / 退烧 (tuìshāo)
* 酥燒 / 酥烧
* 釉燒 / 釉烧
* 野燒 / 野烧
* 銅鑼燒 / 铜锣烧 (tóngluóshāo)
* 鍛燒 / 锻烧
* 鐵板燒 / 铁板烧 (tiěbǎnshāo)
* 飢火燒腸 / 饥火烧肠
* 馮諼燒券 / 冯谖烧券
* 高燒 / 高烧 (gāoshāo)
* 麥燒 / 麦烧

### References

* “燒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 焼 |
| Kyūjitai | 燒 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 焼)
* burn
* grill

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: やく (yaku, 燒く)、やける (yakeru, 燒ける)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 燒 (MC syew|syewH). Recorded as Middle Korean 쇼 (syo) (Yale: syo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 燒 (eumhun 불사를 소 (bulsareul so))
* hanja form of 소 (“burn; fire”)

#### Compounds

* 소각 (燒却, sogak)
* 소인 (燒印, soin, “brand, branding iron”)
* 소주 (燒酒, soju)
* 연소 (燃燒, yeonso)

#### Synonyms

* 낙 (烙, nak)
* 쉬 (焠, swi)
* 작 (灼, jak)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

燒: Hán Nôm readings: thiêu, thiếu, thiu, sao
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