fen2
to burn

strokes 12
radical
strokes after radical 8
焚风 焚風 fen2 feng1
foehn wind (loanword)

焚膏继晷 焚膏繼晷 fen2 gao1 ji4 gui3
to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day

焚化 焚化 fen2 hua4
to cremate

焚毁 焚毀 fen2 hui3
to burn down; to destroy with fire

焚毁 焚燬 fen2 hui3
to burn down; to destroy with fire; trad. also written 焚毀

焚琴煮鹤 焚琴煮鶴 fen2 qin2 zhu3 he4
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes; fig. to waste valuable resources; to destroy wantonly beautiful things

焚烧 焚燒 fen2 shao1
to burn; to set on fire

焚尸 焚屍 fen2 shi1
to cremate

焚尸炉 焚屍爐 fen2 shi1 lu2
crematorium; crematory oven

焚书 焚書 fen2 shu1
to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)

焚书坑儒 焚書坑儒 fen2 shu1 keng1 ru2
to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)

焚香 焚香 fen2 xiang1
to burn incense

焚香敬神 焚香敬神 fen2 xiang1 jing4 shen2
to burn incense in prayer to a God

焚砚 焚硯 fen2 yan4
to destroy one's ink-slab; to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)

救焚益薪 救焚益薪 jiu4 fen2 yi4 xin1
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse; to add fuel to the fire

兰艾同焚 蘭艾同焚 lan2 ai4 tong2 fen2
lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common; the rain falls on the just and unjust alike

玩火自焚 玩火自焚 wan2 huo3 zi4 fen2
to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences; to get one's fingers burnt

欲火焚身 慾火焚身 yu4 huo3 fen2 shen1
burning with desire

玉石俱焚 玉石俱焚 yu4 shi2 ju4 fen2
to burn both jade and common stone; to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)

芝焚蕙叹 芝焚蕙嘆 zhi1 fen2 hui4 tan4
lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

芝焚蕙叹 芝焚蕙歎 zhi1 fen2 hui4 tan4
lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

自焚 自焚 zi4 fen2
self-immolation