火 huǒ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
火焰
huǒyàn
flame
Characters in this word
焰 yàn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- Made of
- 火 fire, flame 臽 pit, hole
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 实验室通过调整氧气浓度，观察火焰颜色和燃烧效率之间的关系。 Shíyànshì tōngguò tiáozhěng yǎngqì nóngdù, guānchá huǒyàn yánsè hé ránshāo xiàolǜ zhījiān de guānxì. By adjusting oxygen concentration, the laboratory observed the relationship between flame colour and combustion efficiency.
- 蜡烛的火焰被风吹得轻轻摇晃。 Làzhú de huǒyàn bèi fēng chuī de qīngqīng yáohuàng. The candle flame swayed gently in the wind.
- 篝火的火焰越烧越高，照亮了周围的帐篷。 Gōuhuǒ de huǒyàn yuè shāo yuè gāo, zhàoliàng le zhōuwéi de zhàngpeng. The campfire flames rose higher and higher, lighting up the tents around it.
Related words
- 火车 huǒchē train
- 火 huǒ fire
- 火 huǒ popular
- 着火 zháohuǒ to catch fire
- 火柴 huǒchái matches
- 火腿 huǒtuǐ ham
- 火灾 huǒzāi fire
- 导火索 dǎohuǒsuǒ fuse; trigger; immediate cause
- 点火 diǎnhuǒ to ignite; to light; ignition
- 发火 fāhuǒ to get angry; to lose one's temper
- 防火墙 fánghuǒqiáng firewall; fire wall
- 红火 hónghuo prosperous; booming; flourishing