火

huǒ = hu + o3

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

火 = 人 + 丶 : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).

火 character breakdown

火
- 丶
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 火 as component

灯

燈

de̅ng = d + (e)ng1

lamp / light / lantern / CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

灯 = 丁 + 火 : Don Quixote (d) was going for a walk in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with his lantern (灯) when it suddenly catched fire (火). He used a lantern which utilizes hydrogen, and when he accidentally ripped his lantern open at a nail (丁) on the floor, the hydrogen caught fire.

烟

煙

ya̅n = y + an1

cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

烟 = 因 + 火 : Maud Younger (y) is giving René Descartes (因) fire (火) for his tobacco (烟) pipe in front of the anthill (an1).

灾

災

za̅i = z + ai1

disaster / calamity

灾 = 宀 + 火 : Zorro (z) just earned his PhD and is celebrating it with a bonfire (火) in front of the airplane (ai1), but then he accidentally drops his graduation cap (宀) and his certificate into the fire! What a disaster (灾)!

炉

爐

lú = lu + Ø2

stove / furnace

炉 = 户 + 火 : Lenny Lemur (lu) is firing (火) his stove (炉) with a wooden swinging door (户) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2).

烧

燒

sha̅o = sh + ao1

to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head

烧 = 尧 + 火 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Tang Yao (尧) are starting a riot in front of the aorta (ao1) by throwing Molotow cocktails (燃烧瓶, ran2 shao1 ping2) at it. Where the bottles burst small fires (火) start, but they go out very quickly.

炗

gua̅ng = gu + ang1

old variant of 光[guang1]

炏

yán = y + an2

old variant of 炎[yan2]

烕

miè = mi + e4

old variant of 滅|灭[mie4]

狄

dí = di + Ø2

surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)