How to Write 焗 (jú) — Meaning “to bake / to steam in a sealed container”

Think of a chef using fire (火) inside a small room (局) to bake rice. The right part 局 looks like a closed box, reminding you that the food is sealed while cooking.

Write the radical 火 first as three strokes (dot, short left-falling, right-falling) then the left-falling and dot. The right part 局 must be narrower than the left radical, and the outer enclosure (尸) should cover the inside 口 without extending too far down.

焗 appears in food terms like 焗饭 (baked rice) and 盐焗 (salt-baked chicken), common in Cantonese cuisine. It is also used for 焗油, a salon hair treatment where heat seals in conditioner, showing the character's core idea of enclosing with heat.

Common words containing 焗 include: 焗饭 (jú fàn) — baked rice; 焗油 (jú yóu) — hair oil treatment; 盐焗 (yán jú) — salt-baked.