焚(fén)

HSK 7-912 strokes

to burn

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Character information

Pinyin
fén
Meaning
to burn
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 焚 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱林火

Setting fire 火 to a forest 林

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

林lín火huǒ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 焚 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 焚

Common words using 焚 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xīn心jí急rú如fén焚
HSK 7-9

(idiom) burning with anxiety; extremely anxious or impatient

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fén焚shāo烧
HSK 7-9

to burn

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fén焚huà化

to cremate

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fén焚shī尸

to cremate

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fén焚huǐ毁

to burn down; to destroy with fire

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yù欲huǒ火fén焚shēn身

burning with desire

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jiù救fén焚yì益xīn薪

add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the…

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fén焚shū书kēng坑rú儒

to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly c…

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心急如烧化尸毁欲

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