Japanese symbol for “baking”
焼き
やき
Romaji: yaki
roasting; grilling; toasting; broiling
In Japanese, baking is 焼き, read やき (yaki).
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
- n, n-pref, n-suf roasting; grilling; toasting; broiling; baking
- n tempering (in metallurgy)
- n-suf -ware; porcelain; pottery
Written forms: 焼き、焼. Readings: やき.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “baking”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ベーキング | ベーキング beekingu | baking |
| 焼付け | やきつけ yakitsuke | glazing; enamelling; baking |
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 |
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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