How to write 焚, stroke by stroke
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What 焚 means
to burn
Words with 焚
- 焚烧fén shāoto burn; to set on fire
- 自焚zì fénto set oneself on fire; to self-immolate
- 焚毁fén huǐto burn down; to destroy with fire
- 欲火焚身yù huǒ fén shēnburning with desire
- 焚化fén huàto cremate
- 焚尸fén shīto cremate
- 焚尸炉fén shī lúcrematorium; crematory oven
- 焚香fén xiāngto burn incense
- 焚砚fén yànto destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better)
- 焚书坑儒fén shū kēng rúto burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇)
- 焚香敬神fén xiāng jìng shénto burn incense in prayer to a God
- 救焚益薪jiù fén yì xīnadd firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse; to add fuel to the fire