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火
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| fire, flame
huǒ
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Image of a fire
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灯
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| lamp, light, lantern
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Left: fire 火, right: nail 丁 (here: understood as a torch)
The fire at the torch serves as a lamp. (Whereas the fire 光 on legs 儿 is a bright light 光)
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秋
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| autumn, fall, harvest time
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Left: rice plant 禾 (here: straw), right: fire/to burn 火
Rice plants (= their straw) are burned: in autumn.
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烧
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to roast, to cook, to burn, to stew
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Left: fire 火, right: Emperor Tang Yao 尧 (variation of halberd 戈, table  )
The fire is at the side and the halberd serves as a spit/skewer over the table: for roasting.
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炼
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to smelt, to refine, to distill
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Left: fire 火, right: east 东/東 (= The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
With fire and early in the morning [The sun is still behind the tree] we start smelting (the steel).
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谈
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| conversation, to speak, talk
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Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: flames 炎 (twice fire 火)
Words like 'flames' make a conversation.
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烟
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| smoke, soot, cigarette
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Left: fire 火, right: reason 因 (For the fence 囗 around the big 大 person is a reason.)
Fire is the reason for smoke.
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伙
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| community, companion, partner, group, meals
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Left: person 亻/人, right: fire 火
When people come to the fire, this is forming a community.
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烦
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to bother, to trouble, to feel vexed
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Left: fire 火, right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (=head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Like a fire in my head, that's how you bother me.
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烤
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to roast, to bake, to broil
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Left: fire 火, right: to check, verify 考 (From the ground 土 with a stick ノ the seaweed 丂 is checked.)
The fire (=its temperature) should be checked before roasting.
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灰
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| ash, dust, lime, gray, discouraged, dejected
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Left: variant of cliff 厂, below: fire 火
If something "cliff-like" is over the fire, it is the ashes.
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灾
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| disaster, calamity
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: fire 火
Under a roof, a raging fire is a disaster.
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炮
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| cannon, artillery, firecracker
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Left: fire 火, right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The fire that is enwrapped is the cannon.
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灵
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| spirit, departed soul, quick, alert, efficacious, effective
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Top: hand  /彐, below: fire 火
Just as the hand cannot grasp fire, it is with the spirit.
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燃
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to burn, to ignite, to enlight, to spark off (hopes)
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Left: fire 火, right: correct, right, so 然 (The body 月/肉 of the dog 犬 was roasted 灬 over the fire. Is that correct?)
A fire that grills the body of a dog is: a real fire.
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炸
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to deep fry, to explode
zhá, zhà
火
乍
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Left: fire 火, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
(Due to the higher temperature:) The fire is very fast (= sudden) to prepare food if you: deep fry.
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煤
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| coal
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Left: fire 火, right: a certain 某 (sweet 甘 [here: charcoal kiln], tree 木)
Use fire, a kiln and wood, to make (char)coal.
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烂
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| rotten, soft, mushy, well-cooked, decompose, chaotic
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Left: fire 火, right: orchid 兰 (three 三 petals)
The fire turns the orchid into: soft and rotten.
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炒
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to fry shortly, sauté, pan-fry, fried
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Left: fire 火, right: few, little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
If the fire is only a little, it is fried shortly.
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燥
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| dry, parched, impatient
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Left: fire 火, right: gather 喿 (3 mouths 口 [= beaks] in a tree 木, where birds gather.)
At the fire they gather to dry off.
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烫
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| hot, to burn, to scald, to iron
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Top: soup 汤 (Water 氵 is made by warming sunshine 易 into: a soup.), bottom: fire 火
The soup on the fire is: hot and you will burn.
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炉
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| a furnace, a stove
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Left: fire 火, right: door 戸
The fire (closed by) a door is a furnace.
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灭
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to extinguish or put out, wipe out, to drown
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Top: a cover 一, below: fire 火
Cover the fire to extinguish it. (It can also be covered on two sides by: ash 灰)
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炎
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| flame, inflammation (disease), -itis
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2x fire 火
Two fires: Its getting up in flames!
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焰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| flame
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Left: fire 火, right: pitfall 臽 (a falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼, but here: flame ⺈ over a fireplace 臼)
The fire that comes flame-like from a fireplace is: the flame.
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煌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| brilliant, shine, splendid, glorious
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Left: fire 火, right: emperor 皇 [= The emphasized ノ [thus special] sun 日 above the king 王.] (variant of star 星 [= suns 日 with life 生])
The fire and the emperor [alternative: 'white star'] are shining brilliantly.
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烛
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| candle, to illuminate
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Left: fire 火, right: insect 虫 (here: bee 蜂)
The fire that comes from an insect, is the (beeswax) of the candle.
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灿
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| glorious, bright, brilliant, lustrous, resplendent
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Left: fire 火, right: mountain 山
A fire on the mountain shines gloriously.
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灶
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| kitchen stove, furnace
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Left: fire 火, right: earth 土
The fire on the ground is the kitchen stove.
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烁
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| bright, luminous
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Left: fire 火, right: happy 乐 (A protected 厂 tree 木 is happy.)
A fire makes happy, if it is: bright.
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熄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to extinguish, put out (fire), to wither away
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Left: fire 火, right: breath 息 (I myself 自 and my heart 心 need a breath.)
The fire (loses) its breath, when being extinguished.
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爆
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to explode or burst, to quick fry or boil
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Left: fire 火, right: expose/violence 暴 (sun 日 [here: frying pan, skillet], variation of together 共, water 水)
(Actually, the boiling fat is dangerous.) Fire leads in the frying pan together with water to an explosion.
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烘
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to warm or heat by fire, to bake
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Left: fire 火, right: together, common 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together.)
At the fire we gather for: warming up by the fire.
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炫
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to boast, to show off, to dazzle
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Left: fire 火, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious.)
Like a fire that is mysterious is: sb. who is boasting.
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炊
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to cook food, to steam
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Left: fire 火, right: lack 欠 (top: open mouth/yawning, below: person 人)
If fire is lacking you can't cook.
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烹
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| cooking method, to boil
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Top: prosperous 亨 (Who makes big/high 高 things to accomplish 了 is prosperous.), bottom: fire 灬
A prosperous use of fire is: to cook.
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熨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to iron
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Top: military officer 尉 (This buttocks 尸 shows 示 his skillful hand 寸 as an officer), bottom: fire 火
For the military officers you use the fire: when ironing.
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耿
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JLPT no HSK |
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| honest, upright, bright
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Left: ear 耳, right: fire 火
If your ear has a fire burning (for an idea): you are honest and upright.
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焕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| brilliant, lustrous
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Left: fire 火, right: excellent 奂 (shows a woman giving birth; better recognizable in the traditional: 煥 with head ⺈, two breasts ハ and spread legs 人)
Fire is excellent, if it is: brilliant. - Or: When fire is giving birth, it becomes more brilliant and lustrous.
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燕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| swallow (bird), Yan (state of Zhou)
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From top: twenty 廿, north 北 (2 people sit back-to-back because of the north's cold.), mouth 口, fire 灬
In (groups of) twenty they come from the north, because of the food (= mouth) and the temperature (=fire): the swallows
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灼
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JLPT no HSK |
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| luminous, bright, burning, to cauterize
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Left: fire 火, right: ladle 勺 (here: as a fire pot)
Take the fire into a 'ladle' (fire pot) to make it: bright and luminous.
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炯
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JLPT no HSK |
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| bright, brilliant, clear
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Left: fire 火, right: 冋 (here: wall 冂 with a window 口)
A fire or a window can make it bright.
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炕
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Ondol "underfloor heating", a heatable brick bed
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Left: fire 火, right: overbearing 亢 (sturdy person with a broad neck and wearing a cap like: navigator 航)
The fire heats the lying person 亠 on this 'table' 几, the: Ondol
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焚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| burn
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Top: forest 林, bottom: fire 火
In the forest is a fire, that is burning!
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熔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to smelt, to fuse
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Left: fire 火, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.)
Fire causes the "appearance" of smelting.
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煽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| fan into a flame, incite
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Left: fire 火, right: fan, ventilator 扇 (Gates 戸 and wings 羽 are hinged like fans.)
At the fire you use a fan for inciting.
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炳
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JLPT no HSK |
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| brilliant, bright, luminous
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Left: fire 火, right: third 丙 (one 一 outside, two λ strokes inside 内 makes 3)
The fire should be threefold to be brilliant.
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炽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to burn, to blaze, splendid, illustrious
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Left: fire 火, right: sole, merely 只 (His such huge mouth 口 on this two 八 legs made him sole and unique.)
Fire does simply (= alone), that it is burning.
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荧
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JLPT no HSK |
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| a glimmer, twinkling, fluorescence, dazzled
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From above: plant 艹, cover 冖, fire 火
If plants are a cover for the fire, it appears glimmering.
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炬
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JLPT no HSK |
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| torch
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Left: fire 火, right: huge 巨 (staring eye)
A fire that shines hugely is: the torch.
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烙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to bake (in a pan), to iron, to brand
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Left: fire 火, right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody)
The fire is used by everybody for: baking.
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烬
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ashes, embers
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Left: fire 火, right: to the greatest extent, to exhaust 尽 (Two 二 units 尺 are the greatest extent)
After the fire had its greatest extend, it becomes: ashes.
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炙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to roast, BBQ, to broil, to toast
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Top: meat 月/肉 lying flatly (as known for example from sacrifice 祭), below: fire 火
If the meat is over the fire, then it is roasted.
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煜
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JLPT no HSK |
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| brilliant, glorious
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Left: fire 火, right: bright 昱 (The sun 日 stands 立 upright and bright.)
A fire that is like a 'standing sun', is: brilliant.
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炖
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JLPT no HSK |
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| stew, stew slowly
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Left: fire 火, right: barracks 屯 (On fertile ground, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.
The fire in the barracks is used for: stewing.
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焙
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JLPT no HSK |
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| roasting, to dry over a fire, to bake
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Left: fire 火, right: spit 咅 (stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit) Here: 口 as a BBQ-grill
You need fire and sth. stands on the grill, when: roasting.
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烽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| beacon fire
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Left: fire 火, right: to sharp/pointed 夆 (sitting cross-legged 夂 on top of growing plant 丰, like at 'bee' 蜂)
The fire that is at the top (like sitting on-top of growing plant) is: a beacon fire.
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