焦

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burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3])

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A bird 隹 getting its tail singed 灬

Components 隹灬

apprehensive · Heisig RSH #1770

turkey + cooking fire — as a component also called: roast turkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
定焦镜头	dìng jiāo jìng tóu	prime lens
焦作市	Jiāo zuò Shì	Jiaozuo, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]
变焦环	biàn jiāo huán	(photography) zoom ring
中焦	zhōng jiāo	(TCM) middle burner, the part of the body within the abdominal cavity (between the diaphra…
心焦	xīn jiāo	worried; anxious
焦化	jiāo huà	to coke
上焦	shàng jiāo	(TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm, …
三焦	sān jiāo	(TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple he…
下焦	xià jiāo	(TCM) lower burner, the part of the body within the pelvic cavity (below the navel, includ…
焦外	jiāo wài	bokeh (photography)
焦点	jiāo diǎn	(lit. and fig.) focal point; focus
焦黄	jiāo huáng	sallow; yellow and withered; sickly
焦作	Jiāo zuò	see 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4]
焦虑不安	jiāo lǜ bù ān	worried too much
对焦	duì jiāo	to focus (a camera)
变焦	biàn jiāo	(photography) zoom
焦油	jiāo yóu	tar
焦土	jiāo tǔ	scorched earth
调焦	tiáo jiāo	to focus
焦香	jiāo xiāng	burnt aroma

These characters use 焦 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
焦 sound part	jiāo	burned, scorched; anxious, vexed
鹪	jiāo	wren
礁	jiāo	jetty, reef
蕉	jiāo	banana, plantain
瞧	qiáo	to glance at, to look at, to see
谯	qiáo	tower; to ridicule, to blame; surname
憔	qiáo	worn-out, haggard, emaciated
噍	jiào	to chew, to eat, to munch
僬	jiāo	clever, alert; pigmy
膲	jiāo	the triple foci, the three visceral cavities
醮	jiào	to anoint, to perform a rite; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony
蟭	jiāo	mite, larva; mantis egg
劁	qiāo	to castrate, to neuter