焦 (jiāo)

burnt; scorched; anxious

How 焦 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
隹 — small bird
Traditional
焦
Simplified
焦 (unchanged)

Components

  • 隹 small bird
  • 灬 fire

Common words using 焦

焦慮 jiāolǜ
anxious; worried; apprehensive
焦點 jiāodiǎn
focus; focal point
對焦 duìjiāo
to focus (a camera); focusing
心焦 xīnjiāo
worried; anxious
焦作 jiāozuò
Jiaozuo prefecture level city in Henan
焦急 jiāojí
anxiety; anxious
焦慮症 jiāolǜzhèng
neurosis; anxiety
焦灼 jiāozhuó
(literary) deeply worried
焦糖 jiāotáng
caramel
焦躁 jiāozào
fretful; impatient
焦頭爛額 jiāotóulàné
lit. beaten head and scorched brow (idiom); beaten black and blue; fig. in trouble; in terrible shape
焦黃 jiāohuáng
sallow; yellow and withered; sickly

焦 in a sentence

糟糕,麵包烤焦了,不能吃了。

Zāogāo, miànbāo kǎojiāo le, bùnéng chī le.

“Oh no, the bread is burnt; it can't be eaten.”

How common is 焦?

焦 is the 1,552nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.9% of all running text.

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