炎 yán
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
炎热
yánrè
hot, scorching
Characters in this word
热 rè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 执 to execute 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 炎热的天气使户外工作变得格外辛苦。 Yánrè de tiānqì shǐ hùwài gōngzuò biàn de géwài xīnkǔ. Hot weather makes outdoor work especially hard.
- 夏天中午太炎热了，大家都躲在空调房里。 Xiàtiān zhōngwǔ tài yánrè le, dàjiā dōu duǒ zài kōngtiáofáng lǐ. Midday in summer is so scorching that everyone hides in air-conditioned rooms.
- 这座城市夏季炎热，冬季却很温和。 Zhè zuò chéngshì xiàjì yánrè, dōngjì què hěn wēnhé. This city is hot in summer but very mild in winter.