Memory phrase for the character: 焰

焰

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Meaning

flame

Pronunciation

yàn

Explanation

 Left: fire 火, right: pitfall 臽 (a falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼, but here: flame ⺈ over a fireplace 臼)

Mnemonic
 
The fire that comes flame-like from a fireplace is: the flame.

Radicals

火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
臽 pitfallA person falls ⺈ into a pitfall that is formed by the radical for mortar 臼.
⺈ kneeling personIf this person 人 is bending a leg, it becomes this radical. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕 sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)




 Vocabulary

火焰 huǒ yàn  blaze; flame
火焰 huǒ yàn  

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