Japanese symbol for “bake”
焼き付ける
やきつける
Romaji: yakitsukeru
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to stain (glass)
In Japanese, bake is 焼き付ける, read やきつける (yakitsukeru).
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.
Meanings
- v1, vt to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to stain (glass)
- v1, vt to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to impress (on one's mind); to imprint
- v1, vt to print (from a negative)
- v1, vt to brand
- v1, vt to fuse together (metals)
- v1, vt to plate
Written forms: 焼き付ける、焼きつける、焼付ける. Readings: やきつける.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bake”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焼き上げる | やきあげる yakiageru | to burn; to roast; to grill |
| 焼く | やく yaku | to roast; to broil; to grill |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 燃焼 | ねんしょう nenshou | burning; combustion |
| 焼肉 | やきにく yakiniku | yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue |
| 日焼け | ひやけ hiyake | sunburn; suntan; tan |
| 焼酎 | しょうちゅう shouchuu | shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc. |
| 焼き鳥 | やきとり yakitori | yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer |
| 焼きそば | やきそば yakisoba | yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat |
| 付近 | ふきん fukin | neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity |
| 付属 | ふぞく fuzoku | being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “bake”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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