烤 (kǎo): To roast or bake over fire or heat — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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HSK 3.0Vocab 4 Recognition 4

1.

Animated Stroke Order 烤

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 烤

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

烤

火fire

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4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 烤

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5.

How to Use 烤

Common patterns, words, and short phrases that show how 烤 works in context.

Roasted or grilled food/activity

Words referring to food or cooking method involving roasting or grilling.

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6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 烤 is used in context

zhōu周

mò末

wǒ我

men们

yì一

qǐ起

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火fire

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Fire (火) roasts something (考) over heat — to grill or bake thoroughly.

kǎo烤

yā鸭

roast duck

HSK 3.0 · L5

shāo烧

kǎo烤

barbecue

qù

去

chī吃

kǎo烤

ròu肉

ba吧

。

Let's go eat grilled meat together this weekend.

wǒ我

men们

wǎn晚

shang上

zài在

yuàn院

zi子

lǐ里

kǎo烤

yù玉

mǐ米

。

We roast corn in the yard in the evening.

zǎo早

cān餐

wǒ我

xǐ喜

huan欢

chī吃

kǎo烤

miàn面

bāo包

。

I like to eat toast for breakfast.

kǎo烤

xiāng箱

yù预

rè热

hòu后

fàng放

rù入

dàn蛋

gāo糕

。

Put the cake in after preheating the oven.

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