焦 — Chinese character
焦
jiāo
burned, scorched; anxious, vexed
- Pinyin
- jiāo
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 隹 灬
- Formation
- ideographic — A bird 隹 getting its tail singed 灬
- Japanese
- 焦 as a kanji
Common words with 焦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焦点 (焦點) | jiāo diǎn | (lit. and fig.) focal point; focus |
| 焦虑 (焦慮) | jiāo lǜ | anxious; worried |
| 聚焦 | jù jiāo | to focus (light, electron beam etc); to focus attention |
| 焦急 | jiāo jí | anxiety; anxious |
| 焦躁 | jiāo zào | fretful; impatient |
| 烧焦 (燒焦) | shāo jiāo | to burn; to scorch |
| 焦炭 | jiāo tàn | coke (processed coal used in blast furnace) |
| 焦耳 | jiāo ěr | (loanword) joule |
| 焦糖 | jiāo táng | caramel |
| 焦油 | jiāo yóu | tar |
| 焦距 | jiāo jù | focal length; focal distance |
| 变焦 (變焦) | biàn jiāo | (photography) zoom |
English words written with 焦
焦 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.