烧
Meaning
- to burn; to set on fire
- to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc)
- to braise
Example sentence
烧一点水。
Boil some water.
The character 烧
烧 is 火, fire, beside 尧: burning. 烧水 to boil water, 烧菜 to cook, 燃烧 to combust — and 发烧 is running a temperature, the body burning.