炎

yán

flame

inflammation; -itis

fire (火) + fire (火) = blazing flame, inflammation

Fire stacked on top of fire gives the sense of blazing, intensified heat. The same image extends naturally to inflammation in the body, where tissue burns with swelling and pain.

火+火→炎
火FireSemantic

他喉咙发炎,说话很痛。

tā hóu lóng fā yán,shuō huà hěn tòng。

His throat is inflamed, and it hurts to speak.

她得了肺炎,需要住院治疗。

tā dé le fèi yán,xū yào zhù yuàn zhì liáo。

She got pneumonia and needs to stay in the hospital for treatment.

Words with 炎

气管炎

qì guǎn yán

bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus)

结膜炎

jié mó yán

conjunctivitis

阴道炎

yīn dào yán

vaginal infection

顾炎武

gù yán wǔ

Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录

阑尾炎

lán wěi yán

appendicitis (medicine)

关节炎

guān jié yán

arthritis

陈庆炎

chén qìng yán

Tony Tan (1940-), president of Singapore 2011-2017

阳炎

yáng yán

dazzling sunlight

风湿性关节炎

fēng shī xìng guān jié yán

rheumatoid arthritis

风湿关节炎

fēng shī guān jié yán

rheumatoid arthritis

骨关节炎

gǔ guān jié yán

osteoarthritis

霉浆菌肺炎

méi jiāng jūn fèi yán

mycoplasma pneumonia

More characters with 火

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