点
JLPT HSK 1

diǎn
Top: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told), bottom: fire 灬
If you tell the fortune over a fire, you will get to the point.

	热
JLPT HSK 1

rè
Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌 to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.), bottom: fire 灬 [bead, pill 丸 = A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill/bead.]
If your hand holds a bead over the fire, it gets really hot.

	黑
JLPT HSK 2

hēi
At top: variation of village 里, bottom: fire 灬 - Here: consider 里 as cooking pot
The underside of the cooking pot is stained by fire black.

	然
JLPT HSK 2

rán
Top: dog meat 肰 (body 月/肉, dog 犬), below: fire 灬 [犬 = The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶]
(Dog meat is often chewy) The meat of a dog must be correctly over the fire: so it will be right and correct, thus ...

	照
JLPT HSK 3

zhào
Top: bright, manifest 昭 (The sun 日 is calling 召: It is becoming bright and manifest!) - [to summon or calling together 召 = with the sword 刀 and the mouth 口], bottom: fire 灬
As if the sun was summoned, is the fire that illuminates.

	马
JLPT HSK 3

mǎ
simplified from 馬
Traditionally 馬 the image of a running horse ㄅ, with the mane in the wind ⌝, four legs 灬 and the tail フ.

	熊
JLPT HSK 3

xióng
Top: talent, ability 能 (nose 厶, body 月/肉 and claws 匕匕 prove talent.), bottom: four legs 灬
The 'talent' on four legs is the bear.

	糕
JLPT HSK 3

gāo
Left: rice 米, right: lamb 羔 (sheep 羊 [here: rising heat 丷 in an oven with three levels 王] with fire 灬)
It's made of rice in a 3-level-oven over the fire: The cake.

	蕉
JLPT HSK 3

jiāo
Top: plant 艹, below: burnt 焦 (bird 隹, fire 灬 [here: image of hanging bananas])
The plant only birds can reach with the hanging fruits is: the banana.

	熟
JLPT HSK 4

shú, shóu
From top: who, what 孰 (enjoy 享 [=the high 高 child 子 enjoys] and bead, round 丸 [丸 = A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill.]), fire 灬
(Cooking by temperature: like potatoes at the rim of the grill?) The tall 'children' are around the fire for being: riped (matured).

	燃
JLPT HSK 5

rán
Left: fire 火, right: correct, right, so 然 (The body 月/肉 of the dog 犬 was roasted 灬 over the fire. Is that correct?)
A fire that grills the body of a dog is: a real fire.

	瞧
JLPT HSK 5

qiáo
Left: eye 目, right: burnt 焦 (bird 隹 over the fire 灬, but here: 4 legs)
The eye sees a bird with four legs. You have to look at it!

	烈
JLPT HSK 5

liè
Top: row 列 (wicked 歹 [bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone]), bottom: fire 灬
A row of fires burns fiercely.

	煮
JLPT HSK 5

zhǔ
Top: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日), bottom: fire 灬
The person at the fire is cooking.

	熬
JLPT HSK 5

āo, áo
Top: to ramble 敖 (The growing plant would grow in all directions 方 and needs the 攵 [= stick 卜 in a hand 又] against rambling.), bottom: fire 灬
A rambling flame causes slow: boiling.

	墨
JLPT HSK 6

mò
Top: black 黒 (The underside of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black), below: earth 土
Black earth is used: for ink.

	焦
JLPT HSK 6

jiāo
Top: bird 隹, below: fire 灬
(Chickens are plucked and then scorched to remove the feathers.) The bird on the fire is scorched.

	遮
JLPT HSK 6

zhē
Left: movement 辶, right: commonly, ordinary 庶 (A building 广 with various objects 廿 is in fire 灬 which commonly can happen.)
(In a magic trick you make inconspicuous movements) With an ordinary movement you can conceal/hide something.

	蒸
JLPT HSK 6

zhēng
From top: plant 艹, water 水 between two boundaries 二 (= a steaming pot), fire 灬
For (cooking the) plants is this water between the boundaries, when from below the fire heats: the steam.

	赤
JLPT HSK 6

chì
Combination of earth 土 and fire 灬
When earth (clay) is burned, the pottery turns into: red.

	杰
JLPT HSK 6

jié
Top: tree 木, bottom: fire 灬 (here: many roots)
A tree with such many roots stands heroically.

	煎
JLPT HSK 6

jiān
Top: before 前 (Where from the sheep's 羊 head, meat 月/肉 is cut刂, is the front), bottom: fire 灬
Before (= in the beginning) you need fire for: frying.

	熏
JLPT HSK 6

xūn
Top: variant of double/heavy 重 (vehicle 車/车 with double wheels 二 for heavy loads), below: fire 灬
The heavy vehicle is burning: It smokes!

	燕
JLPT no HSK

yān, yàn
From top: twenty 廿, north 北 (2 people sit back-to-back because of the north's cold.), mouth 口, fire 灬
In (groups of) twenty they come from the nord, because of the food (= mouth) and the temperature (=fire): the swallows

	礁
JLPT no HSK

jiāo
Left: stone 石, right: scorch, burn, fret 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The stones appear to be scorched on the reef.

	熙
JLPT no HSK

xī
Top: 巸 (minister 臣 [eye wide open], self 己), bottom: fire 灬
The minister himself must light the fire, to make it splendid.

	庶
JLPT no HSK

shù
From top: building 广, various objects 廿, fire 灬
A building with various objects on the fire, just like ordinary/common people do.

	煞
JLPT no HSK

shā, shà
Left: mowing grass 刍 (with a handle ⺈ of a big scythe 彐), right: to strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜), bottom: fire 灬
By mowing or strikes or fire you can make things terminate.

	焘
JLPT no HSK

dào
Top: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.), bottom: fire 灬
(Oxygen reduction by a cover causes a slow burning:) A long life has the fire, if it is covered.

	樵
JLPT no HSK

qiáo
Left: tree 木, right: scorched, burnt 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.)
The tree that is scorched is: firewood.

	憔
JLPT no HSK

qiáo
Left: feelings 忄, right: scorch, burn 焦 (bird 隹, fire 灬 Here: four legs)
Feelings like a bird on fire: haggard.

	羔
JLPT no HSK

gāo
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: fire 灬
(I love roasted lamb) The 'sheep' on the fire is: a lamb.

	熹
JLPT no HSK

xī
Top: to be happy, enjoy 喜 (A scholar 士 with beans 豆 in his mouth 口 is happy.), bottom: fire 灬
You are happy when it becomes warm like a fire: with warm and bright light at dawn.

	羹
JLPT no HSK

gēng
Top: lamb 羔 (The sheep 羊 on the fire 灬 is: a lamb), bottom: beautiful, USA 美 (sheep 羊, big 大)
The lambs of sheep that are big are used in: the soup.