Chinese symbol for “barbecue”
烧烤
shāo kǎo
Traditional: 燒烤
barbecue; to roast
The closest CC-CEDICT match for barbecue is 烧烤 (shāo kǎo), defined as: barbecue; to roast.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烧烤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 燃烧 (燃燒) | rán shāo | to ignite; to combust |
| 烧毁 (燒燬) | shāo huǐ | to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire |
| 发烧 (發燒) | fā shāo | to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over |
| 焚烧 (焚燒) | fén shāo | to burn; to set on fire |
| 火烧 (火燒) | huǒ shāo | to set fire to; to burn down |
| 烤肉 | kǎo ròu | to barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat |
| 烤箱 | kǎo xiāng | oven |
| 烘烤 | hōng kǎo | to roast; to bake |
See also: Japanese symbol for “barbecue”.
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.
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