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焙

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to dry over a fire; to bake

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Strokes
12
Radical
火 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
焙
Common rank
#2,708
Unicode
U+7119

Formation & memory

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How 焙 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

火 meaning “fire” + 咅 sound ( pǒu )

Components 火 咅

Words with 焙

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WordPinyinMeaning
中焙 zhōng bèi medium roast (coffee); Taiwan pr. [zhong1pei4]
焙火 bèi huǒ to roast (in tea leaf processing)
焙干 bèi gān to dry over a fire; to roast
焙果 bèi guǒ variant of 貝果|贝果[bei4 guo3]
深焙 shēn bèi dark roast (coffee); Taiwan pr. [shen1pei4]
焙粉 bèi fěn baking powder
烘焙鸡 hōng bèi jī homepage (loanword) (humorous)
烘焙师 hōng bèi shī baker
焙烧 bèi shāo to roast; to bake (e.g. mineral ore)
烘焙店 hōng bèi diàn bakery
浅焙 qiǎn bèi light roast (coffee); Taiwan pr. [qian3pei4]
炭焙 tàn bèi charcoal-roasted
焙烤 bèi kǎo to bake; to roast; to kiln
烘焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc); to bake
焙煎 bèi jiān to dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc); to torrefy

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 咅 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
咅 sound part pǒu to spit out
部 bù department, ministry; division, unit; part, section
培 péi to cultivate, to farm; to shore up
陪 péi to accompany, to be with, to keep company
剖 pōu to bisect, to dissect, to slice
赔 péi to compensate, to pay damages, to suffer a loss
菩 pú herb, aromatic plant
涪 fú a river in Sichuan province
碚 bèi suburb
瓿 bù vase, pot, jar
掊 póu to extract; to injure
踣 bó stiff, corpse-like; rigor mortis
醅 pēi unstrained spirits
锫 péi berkelium