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

燃

rán = r + an2

to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)

燃 = 火 + 然 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is igniting (燃) a fire (火) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) hoping (燃) to cook his dinner there, but soon people come over and tell him it's not right (然) to do so because of the potential carbon monoxide poisoning.

灰

hui̅ = hu + ei1

ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected

灰 = 𠂇 + 火 : Helga Horse (hu) wants to cut out a piece of fire (火) in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1) using a pair of scissors (𠂇), but every time she cuts she just gets a little bit of gray ashes (灰).

煤

méi = m + ei2

coal / CL:塊|块[kuai4]

煤 = 某 + 火 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is looking for some food in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) when a fire (火) breaks out at the coal (煤) store and blocks the way down. To stay calm Mahatma Gandhi grabs a ukulele and plays "somewhere over the rainbow" (某).

爆

bào = b + ao4

to explode or burst / to quick fry or quick boil

爆 = 暴 + 火 : Beelzebub (b) installed his newest addition to his little hell in the aorta's bathroon (ao4). There is an impressive fire (火) under a deep fat fryer which he will use to punish his clients in the most cruel (暴) way possible by deep-frying (爆) them.

焕

煥

huàn = hu + an4

brilliant / lustrous

燥

zào = z + ao4

dry / parched / impatient

燥 = 喿 + 火 : Zorro (z) suffers from constipation (燥) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4), so he concocts a traditional Chinese medicine. He puts a cuckoo's clock (喿) in a desiccator (燥) and starts a fire (火) under it to dry (燥) the clock.

烧

燒

sha̅o = sh + ao1

to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head

烧 = 尧 + 火 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Tang Yao (尧) are starting a riot in front of the aorta (ao1) by throwing Molotow cocktails (燃烧瓶, ran2 shao1 ping2) at it. Where the bottles burst small fires (火) start, but they go out very quickly.

炬

jù = ju + Ø4

torch

焰

yàn = y + an4

flame

焰 = 火 + 臽 : Maud Younger (y) sets up a pitfall (臽) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She arranges a few chemicals so that should a person fall into the trap, the chemicals will ignite a terrible fire (火) with a blue flame (焰).

焰

燄

yàn = y + an4

variant of 焰[yan4]