yán

common
adjective
noun

Meaning of

炎 means scorching; blazing hot (weather); inflammation. Pronounced yán.

  • scorching; blazing hot (weather)
  • inflammation
  • power and influence; authority

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Jīn
nián
xià
tiān
cháng
yán
 

This summer is extremely hot.

Yán
de
hòu
 
jiā
dōu
dài
zài
kōng
tiáo
fáng
 

On the scorching afternoon, everyone stays in the air-conditioned room.

Yán
xià
shí
jié
 
yào
zhù
fáng
shǔ
jiàng
wēn
 

During the blazing summer, pay attention to preventing heatstroke and cooling down.

Zhè
piàn
shā
de
yán
xià
wēn
shí
shè
shì
 

The temperature in this desert can reach 50 degrees Celsius in the blazing summer.

shǐ使
zài
yán
xià
 
jiān
chí
měi
tiān
pǎo
 

Even in the blazing summer, he insists on running every day.