燋

燋 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火人土火 (FOGF), four-corner 9083₁, composition ⿰火焦)

1. scorch, burn, scald
2. torch

• 𧂒

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 682, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19410
• Dae Jaweon: page 1094, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2234, character 7
• Unihan data for U+71CB

Likely related to 焦 (OC *ʔsew, “to scorch”); see there for more (STEDT).

燋

1. cauterize
2. to scorch

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. scorch
2. burn
3. scald
4. torch
5. bonfire

From Middle Chinese 燋 (MC tsjew); compare Mandarin 燋 (jiāo):

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 燋 (MC tsjak); compare Mandarin 燋 (zhuó):

• Go-on: さく (saku)
• Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)

Unknown: (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• On (unclassified): じょう (jō)、せき (seki)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: こがす (kogasu, 燋がす)、こがれる (kogareru, 燋がれる)、こげる (kogeru, 燋げる)、たいまつ (taimatsu, 燋)

燋 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

1. scorch
2. burn
3. scald
4. torch