やけど・火傷yakedo[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbburn; scald
   アイロンで手てをやけどしました。↗

   I burned my hand with an iron.
2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbgetting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

• Synonym火傷かしょうWrittenRead 「かしょう」, this is a written medical term for burns; in everyday speech the same written form is read 「やけど」.
• Synonym熱傷ねっしょうWrittenA written medical term for burns and scalds, used in diagnoses; in everyday speech people say 「火傷（やけど）」.
• Antonym冷傷WrittenA written term for cold injuries such as frostbite — damage from low temperatures, the opposite of burns caused by high heat.

For everyday burns and scalds, or the figurative sense of getting one's fingers burned, use 「火傷（やけど）」. In medical settings use 「熱傷」 or 「火傷（かしょう）」. For low-temperature injuries like frostbite, use 「冷傷」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 高温こうおんで皮膚ひふが損傷そんしょうすること。またその痕あと。化学かがく物質ぶっしつや放射線ほうしゃせん、強つよい光線こうせんなどによる損傷そんしょうのこともいう。