焚 fén to burn
How to remember 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.
Component breakdown
焚 = 林 a wood + 火 fire
- 林 a wood
- 木 tree
- 木 tree
- 火 fire
Deep in a wood after a dry summer, one careless camper's fire is all it takes for the hills to burn.
How it is used
- 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'.