jiāo

burnt

surname Jiao; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3])

Bird (隹) + fire (灬) = scorched and anxious

A bird held over an open flame — scorched, charred, perhaps anxious about what comes next. The leap from burnt to worried mirrors how we speak of being 'burned up' with anxiety.

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FireSemantic
A short-tailed birdSemantic

锅里的肉烧了,厨房里全是烟。

guō lǐ de ròu shāo jiāo le , chú fáng lǐ quán shì yān 。

The meat in the pot got burnt, and the kitchen was full of smoke.

他等了很久还没收到消息,心里急不安。

tā děng le hěn jiǔ hái méi shōu dào xiāo xi , xīn lǐ jiāo jí bù ān 。

He had waited a long time without any news, feeling anxious and uneasy.

Words with 焦

三焦

sān jiāo

(TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple heater" or "San Jiao"

上焦

shàng jiāo

(TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm, including the heart and lungs)

下焦

xià jiāo

(TCM) lower burner, the part of the body within the pelvic cavity (below the navel, including the kidneys, bladder and intestines)

中焦

zhōng jiāo

(TCM) middle burner, the part of the body within the abdominal cavity (between the diaphragm and the navel, including the spleen and stomach)

共焦

gòng jiāo

confocal (math.)

千焦

qiān jiāo

kilojoule

定焦镜头

dìng jiāo jìng tóu

prime lens

对焦

duì jiāo

to focus (a camera)

广泛性焦虑症

guǎng fàn xìng jiāo lǜ zhèng

generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

微聚焦

wēi jù jiāo

microfocus x-ray computed tomography (microCT)

心焦

xīn jiāo

worried

散焦

sàn jiāo

to defocus

More characters with 隹