焼く

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Kojiki of 712 CE, and in the Man'yōshū completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) やく [yàkú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4][5]
  • (Tokyo) やく​ [yàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[4]
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

焼く (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 燒く, transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana やく, rōmaji yaku)

1. to change something by means of fire, light, chemicals, or other means:
   1. to burn
   2. to burn (to write data to a permanent storage medium)
   3. to use heat or flame to prepare something for eating or using:
      1. (cooking) to grill
      2. (cooking) to broil
      3. (cooking) to fry
      4. (cooking) to toast
      5. (cooking) to roast
      6. (cooking) to bake
      7. (pottery) to fire
   4. to expose to sunlight and cause to change color: to tan one's skin
   5. (photography) to print a photograph by shining a light through a negative

焼く (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 燒く, intransitive, shimo nidan conjugation, hiragana やく, rōmaji yaku)

1. (obsolete) to change on its own by means of fire, light, chemicals, or other means: to burn, to tan, to be cooked

The intransitive use of yaku is now obsolete, and has been superseded by the modern form 焼ける (yakeru).