fén fèn

to burn

#2498

Character data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 2498th character
Radical ⽕ (86.8)
Strokes 12
Index # 2568

Definitions

焚 fén
  1. 1. to burn

Stroke order

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Words containing 焚

Word Meaning
to burn incense in prayer to a God
to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
to play with danger and get hurt
feel for a like-minded friend in trouble
lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
to feel for a like-minded person in trouble
good and bad destroyed together; all ruined
destroy good and bad together; no one spared