Chinese symbol for “roast”
烤
kǎo
to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
The closest CC-CEDICT match for roast is 烤 (kǎo), defined as: to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “roast”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烘烤 | hōng kǎo | to roast; to bake |
| 焙烧 (焙燒) | bèi shāo | to roast; to bake (e.g. mineral ore) |
| 炰 | páo | to roast |
| 烧烤 (燒烤) | shāo kǎo | barbecue; to roast |
| 炮轰 (炮轟) | pào hōng | to bombard; to bomb |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烧烤 (燒烤) | shāo kǎo | barbecue; to roast |
| 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 |
| 烤鸡 (烤雞) | kǎo jī | roast chicken |
| 烤鸭 (烤鴨) | kǎo yā | roast duck |
See also: Japanese symbol for “roast”.
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.