The Chinese Radical: 灬


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Meaning
fire    灬

Explanation Also this radical stands for fire.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
point, o'clock, drop (of liquid), dot stroke
diǎn
Top: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told), bottom: fire
If you tell the fortune over a fire, you will get to the point.
JLPT HSK 1
hot, heat, to warm up, fervent

Top: grasp, seize (If you get your hand to that small bead you grasp it.), bottom: fire [bead, pill = A 'nine' needs an additional stroke to become round like a pill/bead.]
If your hand holds a bead over the fire, it gets really hot.
JLPT HSK 2
black, dark
hēi
At top: variation of village , bottom: fire - Here: consider as cooking pot
The underside of the cooking pot is stained by fire black.
JLPT HSK 2
correct, right so, thus, like this, -ly
rán
Top: dog meat 肰 (body /, dog ), below: fire [ = The big man holds in his arms: a dog ]
(Dog meat is often chewy) The meat of a dog must be correctly over the fire: so it will be right and correct, thus ...
JLPT HSK 3
illuminate, to shine, in accordance with, reflect
zhào
Top: bright, manifest 昭 (The sun is calling : It is becoming bright and manifest!) - [to summon or calling together = with the sword and the mouth ], bottom: fire
As if the sun was summoned, is the fire that illuminates.
JLPT HSK 3
horse

simplified from 馬
Traditionally 馬 the image of a running horse ㄅ, with the mane in the wind ⌝, four legs and the tail フ.
JLPT HSK 3
bear, raging flames
xióng
Top: talent, ability 能 (nose , body / and claws prove talent.), bottom: four legs
The 'talent' on four legs is the bear.
JLPT HSK 3
cakes, pastry
gāo
Left: rice , right: lamb (sheep [here: rising heat in an oven with three levels ] with fire )
It's made of rice in a 3-level-oven over the fire: The cake.
JLPT HSK 3
banana
jiāo
Top: plant , below: burnt (bird , fire [here: image of hanging bananas])
The plant only birds can reach with the hanging fruits is: the banana.
JLPT HSK 4
ripe (of fruit), mature (of seeds), cooked (of food), skilled
shú, shóu
From top: who, what (enjoy [=the high child enjoys] and bead, round [ = A 'nine' needs an additional stroke to become round like a pill.]), fire
(Cooking by temperature: like potatoes at the rim of the grill?) The tall 'children' are around the fire for being: riped (matured).
JLPT HSK 5
to burn, to ignite, to enlight, to spark off (hopes)
rán
Left: fire , right: correct, right, so 然 (The body / of the dog was roasted over the fire. Is that correct?)
A fire that grills the body of a dog is: a real fire.
JLPT HSK 5
to look at, to see (a doctor)
qiáo
Left: eye , right: burnt (bird over the fire , but here: 4 legs)
The eye sees a bird with four legs. You have to look at it!
JLPT HSK 5
burning fiercely, intense, ardent
liè
Top: row (wicked [bar bone] is exposed with a knife in a row [i.e. backbone]), bottom: fire
A row of fires burns fiercely.
JLPT HSK 5
to cook, to boil
zhǔ
Top: person (old man on the sun ), bottom: fire
The person at the fire is cooking.
JLPT HSK 5
to slowly boil sth., stew, to simmer, endure (suffering)
āo, áo
Top: to ramble (The growing plant would grow in all directions and needs the 攵 [= stick in a hand ] against rambling.), bottom: fire
A rambling flame causes slow: boiling.
JLPT HSK 6
black ink, China ink, Mexico 墨西哥

Top: black 黒 (The underside of the cooking pot is stained by fire black), below: earth
Black earth is used: for ink.
JLPT HSK 6
scorched, burnt, charred, worried, anxious
jiāo
Top: bird , below: fire
(Chickens are plucked and then scorched to remove the feathers.) The bird on the fire is scorched.
JLPT HSK 6
to conceal, to cover up (a shortcoming), to screen off
zhē
广 廿
Left: movement , right: commonly, ordinary 庶 (A building 广 with various objects 廿 is in fire which commonly can happen.)
(In a magic trick you make inconspicuous movements) With an ordinary movement you can conceal/hide something.
JLPT HSK 6
to steam (cooking), sultry, to evaporate
zhēng
From top: plant , water between two boundaries (= a steaming pot), fire
For (cooking the) plants is this water between the boundaries, when from below the fire heats: the steam.
JLPT HSK 6
red, scarlet, bare, naked
chì
Combination of earth and fire
When earth (clay) is burned, the pottery turns into: red.
JLPT HSK 6
heroic, outstanding person, prominent
jié
Top: tree , bottom: fire (here: many roots)
A tree with such many roots stands heroically.
JLPT HSK 6
to pan fry, to sauté
jiān
Top: before (Where from the sheep's head, meat / is cut, is the front), bottom: fire
Before (= in the beginning) you need fire for: frying.
JLPT HSK 6
to smoke, to fumigate, to perfume
xūn
Top: variant of double/heavy (vehicle 車/ with double wheels for heavy loads), below: fire
The heavy vehicle is burning: It smokes!
JLPT no HSK
swallow (bird), Yan (state of Zhou)
yān, yàn
廿
From top: twenty 廿, north (2 people sit back-to-back because of the north's cold.), mouth , fire
In (groups of) twenty they come from the nord, because of the food (= mouth) and the temperature (=fire): the swallows
JLPT no HSK
reef, shoal rock
jiāo
Left: stone , right: scorch, burn, fret (The bird is on fire to be burnt.)
The stones appear to be scorched on the reef.
JLPT no HSK
prosperous, splendid

Top: 巸 (minister [eye wide open], self ), bottom: fire
The minister himself must light the fire, to make it splendid.
JLPT no HSK
common people (or populace), numerous
shù
广 廿
From top: building 广, various objects 廿, fire
A building with various objects on the fire, just like ordinary/common people do.
JLPT no HSK
to terminate, cut short, to squeeze, to reduce
shā, shà
Left: mowing grass (with a handle of a big scythe ), right: to strike 攵/ (a hand with a stick ), bottom: fire
By mowing or strikes or fire you can make things terminate.
JLPT no HSK
cover over, to envelope
dào
寿
Top: long life 寿 (two skillful hands & are needed for Sushi 寿 and you will have a long life.), bottom: fire
(Oxygen reduction by a cover causes a slow burning:) A long life has the fire, if it is covered.
JLPT no HSK
firewood, gather wood
qiáo
Left: tree , right: scorched, burnt (The bird is on fire to be burnt.)
The tree that is scorched is: firewood.
JLPT no HSK
haggard, pallid and thin
qiáo
Left: feelings , right: scorch, burn (bird , fire Here: four legs)
Feelings like a bird on fire: haggard.
JLPT no HSK
lamb
gāo
Top: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: fire
(I love roasted lamb) The 'sheep' on the fire is: a lamb.
JLPT no HSK
dim light, glimmer, warm, bright

Top: to be happy, enjoy (A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.), bottom: fire
You are happy when it becomes warm like a fire: with warm and bright light at dawn.
JLPT no HSK
soup
gēng
Top: lamb (The sheep on the fire is: a lamb), bottom: beautiful, USA 美 (sheep , big )
The lambs of sheep that are big are used in: the soup.

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