焚 fén to burn
怎么记住“焚”: 林 a wood + 火 fire = to burn. Deep in a wood after a dry summer, one careless camper's fire is all it takes for the hills to burn.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
焚 = 林 a wood + 火 fire
- 林 a wood meaning
- 木 tree
- 木 tree
- 火 fire meaning
Deep in a wood after a dry summer, one careless camper's fire is all it takes for the hills to burn.
How it came to be
The oldest form, on oracle bone, shows two trees above a fire.
用法
- To burn (up): 焚烧 (fénshāo) to incinerate, 焚香 (fénxiāng) to burn incense.
- 忧心如焚 (yōuxīn-rúfén) / 心急如焚 (xīnjí-rúfén) means burning with worry/anxiety; 玩火自焚 (wánhuǒ-zìfén) to get burned playing with fire. Literary; 烧 (shāo) is the everyday 'burn'.