Chinese symbol for “bake”
烘
hōng
to bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bake is 烘 (hōng), defined as: to bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bake”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烤 | kǎo | to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire |
| 焙烤 | bèi kǎo | to bake; to roast |
| 烘制 (烘製) | hōng zhì | to bake |
| 炕 | kàng | kang (a heatable brick bed); to bake |
| 烘焙 | hōng bèi | to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc); to bake |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烘焙 | hōng bèi | to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc); to bake |
| 烘烤 | hōng kǎo | to roast; to bake |
| 烘干 (烘乾) | hōng gān | to dry over a stove |
| 烘干机 (烘乾機) | hōng gān jī | clothes dryer |
| 烘托 | hōng tuō | background (of a painting); backdrop |
| 烘炉 (烘爐) | hōng lú | oven |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bake”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.