TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
炎
ㄧㄢˊ · yán
adj/noun — blazing hot; inflammation
字源 FORM — what the parts do
One fire (火) piled on another — flame heaped on flame, heat doubled. From the blaze come scorching heat and the body's own burning: 炎熱、發炎、肺炎.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一堆火（火）燒著，上頭又躥起一團火（火）——熱得逼人。
One fire (火) burning, and above it a second fire (火) leaps up — heat that drives you back.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)炎熱— blazing, scorching常用
→發炎、肺炎— inflammation
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension