Setting fire 火 to a forest 林
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Historical Evolution
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
焚
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
焚
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
焚
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
焚
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
焚
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
焚
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
焚
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
焚
Regular
Modern
Chinese
焚 [fén]
to burn
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
焚 ふくいえ
Fukuie unclassified name
焚 ふくおう
Fukuou unclassified name
焚 ふくおか
Fukuoka unclassified name
焚 ふくけ
Fukuke unclassified name
焚 ふくした
Fukushita unclassified name
焚 ふくや
Fukuya unclassified name
焚 ふけ
Fuke unclassified name
焚 みねおか
Mineoka unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (33)
焚烧 [fénshāo] #13,751
to burn
焚烧 [fénshāo] #13,751
to burn
自焚 [zìfén] #16,129
self-immolation
焚毁 [fénhuǐ] #23,315
to burn down
焚毁 [fénhuǐ] #23,315
to burn down
焚化 [fénhuà] #29,485
to cremate
焚香 [fénxiāng] #52,709
to burn incense
玉石俱焚 [yùshíjùfén] #44,292
to burn both jade and common stone
焚书坑儒 [fénshūkēngrú] #49,555
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[QínShǐhuáng])
焚书坑儒 [fénshūkēngrú] #49,555
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[QínShǐhuáng])
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JAPANESE WORDS (28)
⭐ 焼く [やく] #1,705
to burn
⭐ 薪 [まき] #9,068
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs)
焚き火 [たきび] #17,897
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse)
焚きつける [たきつける] #28,393
to light (a fire)
⭐ 炊き出し [たきだし] #33,312
food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
煮炊き [にたき] #50,205
cooking
香を焚く [こうをたく] #59,337
to cense
焚書 [ふんしょ] #69,874
book burning
炊き出す [たきだす] #78,343
to distribute rice (e.g. during an emergency)
焚きつけ [たきつけ] #98,564
kindling
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KOREAN WORDS (1)