Keyword
to burn
- Frequency
- #2320
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
fén
Mnemonic
Setting fire 火 to a forest 林
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
焚烧
to burn; to set on fire
自焚
to set oneself on fire; to self-immolate
焚毁
to burn down; to destroy with fire
焚化
to cremate
焚
to burn
焚香
to burn incense
欲火焚身
burning with desire
心急如焚
(idiom) burning with anxiety; extremely anxious or impatient
焚书坑儒
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇 (QínShǐhuáng))
焚尸
to cremate
玉石俱焚
to burn both jade and common stone; to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
焚风
foehn wind (loanword)
焚尸炉
crematorium; crematory oven
玩火自焚
to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences; to get one's fingers burnt