焼
ショウ, や.く, や.き, や.き, や.き, や.ける, やい, やき

bake, burning

JLPT2 G4 S12 F982

As per 堯# (arch/rise high) + 火 fire → leaping, curling flames → *burn*; *roast*; *bake*; *heat* (up); *broil* → *aglow*; *sunburnt*; *jealousy*. Also, *print* (photos) (← develop a print from a negative using heat).

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