yàn

variant of 焰[yan4]

fire (火) + fire (火) + fire (火) = blazing flames

Three fires stacked together intensify the image of roaring, leaping flames. This character is a graphic amplification — more fire literally means more fire.

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FireSemantic

冲天,整片树林都被烧红了。

huǒ yàn chōng tiān , zhěng piàn shù lín dōu bèi shāo hóng le 。

Flames shot into the sky, and the whole forest was burned red.

篝火的光把周围的夜色照得很亮。

gōu huǒ de yàn guāng bǎ zhōu wéi de yè sè zhào de hěn liàng 。

The flame-light of the bonfire lit up the surrounding night quite brightly.

Words with 焱

火炎焱燚

huǒ yán yàn yì

hot (i.e. popular) (emphatic form of 火[huo3]) (neologism c. 2016)

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