焼 / bake

Kanji for bake or burning.

Readings

Type	Reading	Notes
On (音)	ショウ	Sino-Japanese readings — common in compounds.
Kun (訓)	や.く、や.き、や.き-、-や.き、や.ける	Native Japanese readings — common standalone or with okurigana.

焼 carries the meaning bake or burning.

串焼きくしやきgrilling on a skewer / spit-roasting

胸焼けむねやけheartburn / sour stomach

照り焼きてりやきteriyaki

焼き芋やきいもroasted sweet potato / baked sweet potato

焼けるやけるto burn / to burn down / to go down in flames