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烤
kǎo
1. to roast
2. to bake
3. to broil
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

烤
kǎo
to bake, to cook, to roast, to toast
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

烤饼
kǎobǐng
scone
烤鸭
kǎoyā
roast duck
HSK 4
烧烤
shāokǎo
barbecue
焗烤
júkǎo
to bake
烘烤
hōngkǎo
to roast
烤房
kǎofáng
drying room
烤架
kǎojià
grill (of a cooker etc)
烤火
kǎohuǒ
to warm oneself at a fire
烤炙
kǎozhì
to scorch
烤烟
kǎoyān
flue-cured tobacco
烤炉
kǎolú
oven (PRC)
烤盘
kǎopán
baking tray
烤箱
kǎoxiāng
oven
烤肉
kǎoròu
barbecue (lit. roast meat)
现烤
xiànkǎo
freshly baked
熏烤
xūnkǎo
to smoke
烤鸡
kǎojī
roast chicken
烤电
kǎodiàn
diathermia (medical treatment involving local heating of body tissues with electric current)
焙烤
bèikǎo
to bake
薄烤饼
bókǎobǐng
pancake

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,628
Word Frequency Rank
2,673 of 84,292

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