焦 — kanji meaning “char”
焦
char, hurry, impatient, irritate, burn, scorch, singe
- Meanings
- char, hurry, impatient, irritate, burn, scorch, singe
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- こ.げる、こ.がす、こ.がれる、あせ.る、じ.れる、じ.らす
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #973 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- jiāo — Chinese character page
Words with 焦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焦点 | しょうてん shouten | focus; focal point |
| 焦り | あせり aseri | impatience |
| 焦る | あせる aseru | to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do) |
| 焦燥 | しょうそう shousou | impatience; irritation; frustration |
| 焦げる | こげる kogeru | to burn; to scorch; to char |
| 焦土 | しょうど shoudo | scorched earth |
| 焦がす | こがす kogasu | to burn; to scorch; to singe |
| 焦げ | こげ koge | scorching; scorch; burn |
| 焦らす | じらす jirasu | to tease; to irritate; to tantalize |
| 焦げ付き | こげつき kogetsuki | a bad debt |
| 焦がし | こがし kogashi | flour made from parched rice or barley |
| 焦眉 | しょうび shoubi | emergency; urgency; imminence |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.