The Chinese Radical: 炎


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Meaning
flame, inflammation    炎

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
conversation, to speak, talk
tán
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: flames 炎 (twice fire 火)
Words like 'flames' make a conversation.  
HSK 5
weak, mild, tasteless, diluted, nitrogen
dàn
Left: water 氵, right: flames 炎 (2x fire 火)
Water makes the flames: weak and mild.  
HSK 5
blanket, rug, carpet
tǎn
Left: hair, feather 毛, right: flame, inflammation 炎
It is made of wool and underneath it is as hot as flames: The blanket.  
HSK 6
flame, inflammation (disease), -itis
yán
2x fire 火
Two fires: Its getting up in flames!  
no HSK
phlegm, spittle
tán
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: flame, inflammation (of a disease) 炎
The disease in respect to (the missing inner) flame is: a phlegm.  
no HSK
nitrogen (chemistry)
dàn
Top: gas, air 气, bottom: flame, inflammation 炎
(Nitrogen extinguishing system) The gas (limiting) the inflammation is: the nitrogen.  

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