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烤 kǎo bake

bake; to roast; to toast; to grill

How to remember 烤: 火 fire + 考 test = bake. She lights the fire in the old oven at dawn, because today's test at cooking school is to bake perfect bread.

  • 2,629. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 10 strokes
  • Radical 火

Component breakdown

烤 = 火 fire + 考 test

  • 火 fire
  • 考 test
    • 耂 old man
    • 丂 choke
The Gushi story

She lights the fire in the old oven at dawn, because today's test at cooking school is to bake perfect bread.

How it is used

  • 'To roast, grill, bake, toast' over heat - 烤肉 (kǎoròu) grilled meat/barbecue, 烤鸭 (kǎoyā) roast duck, 烤面包 (kǎo miànbāo) toast.
  • 烧烤 (shāokǎo) = barbecue/grilled food (the whole cuisine).
  • Distinct from 煮 (zhǔ boil) and 炒 (chǎo stir-fry): 烤 uses dry radiant heat, with the 火 (fire) radical.

Words with 烤

Example sentences

  • 今天的早餐是烤面包。 Jīntiān de zǎocān shì kǎomiànbāo.Today's breakfast is toast.
  • 烤鸭是知名的北京美食。 Kǎoyā shì zhīmíng de Běijīng měishí.Roast duck is a famous dish in Beijing.