火

huǒ = hu + o3

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

火 = 人 + 丶 : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).

火 character breakdown

火
- 丶
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 火 as component

秋

鞦

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

秋

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

autumn / fall / harvest time

秋 = 火 + 禾 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) celebrates autumn (秋) by offering sacrifices. She puts a bowl of cereals (禾) onto a swing (秋) and has the cereals swing into a fire (火) in front of the outhouse (ou1).

秋

秌

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

old variant of 秋[qiu1]

灯

燈

de̅ng = d + (e)ng1

lamp / light / lantern / CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

灯 = 丁 + 火 : Don Quixote (d) was going for a walk in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with his lantern (灯) when it suddenly catched fire (火). He used a lantern which utilizes hydrogen, and when he accidentally ripped his lantern open at a nail (丁) on the floor, the hydrogen caught fire.

炎

yán = y + an2

flame / inflammation / -itis

炎 = 火 : Mnemonic symbol: As I just learned "itis" is the feeling you get after eating too much.

炎 = 火 : Maud Younger ate too much just inside anthill. She's sleeping so hard that she doesn't even wake up from the fire which is spreading fast.

烟

煙

ya̅n = y + an1

cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

烟 = 因 + 火 : Maud Younger (y) is giving René Descartes (因) fire (火) for his tobacco (烟) pipe in front of the anthill (an1).

灭

滅

miè = mi + e4

to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown

灭 = 一 + 火 : In the elevator's bathroom (e4) Marilyn Monroe (mi) was playing the flute (一) so hot that it is on fire (火) now! Luckily there's a fire extinguisher so that she can put it out (灭).

炒

chǎo = ch + ao3

to sauté / to stir-fry / to speculate / to hype / to fire (sb)

炒 = 少 + 火 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is stir-frying (炒) smileys (少) cut from potatoes over a fire (火) in the aorta (ao3).

煌

huáng = hu + ang2

brilliant

煌 = 火 + 皇 : The emperor (皇) killed Helga Horse (hu) because he wants to eat her heart. He puts her body on a fire (火) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) but when the fire consumed her body he finds that her heart consists of a brilliant (煌).

焚

fén = f + (e)n2

to burn

焚 = 林 + 火 : Frankenstein's monster (f) wanted to cook dinner in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), but he accidentally set both Christmas trees (林) on fire (火) and eventually the whole camp burns (焚) down.

灼

zhuó = zhu + o2

luminous / burning / to burn / to cauterize

灼 = 火 + 勺 : George Giant Squid (zhu) got bitten by wild animals in the observatory's kitchen (o2), so he wants to cauterize (灼) the wounds. He uses fire (火) to heat up a spoon (勺) and presses the hot spoon on his wounds, but the spoon is too hot and causes him severe burns (灼).

灶

zào = z + ao4

kitchen stove / kitchen; mess; canteen

灶

zào = z + ao4

kitchen stove / kitchen

灶 = 土 + 火 : Zorro (z) sets up a new kitchen stove (灶) in the aorta (ao4) by building up a ring of dirt (土) and starting a fire (火) in the center.

灶

竈

zào = z + ao4

variant of 灶[zao4]

灶 = 土 + 火 : Zorro (z) sets up a new kitchen stove (灶) in the aorta (ao4) by building up a ring of dirt (土) and starting a fire (火) in the center.