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炎 yán
Explanation: scorching
炎热 scorching; blazing  炎夏 hot summer
 一看这个字（ ）便知道和火有关，而且火还烧得很旺呢，所以就指“烈火”，同时它也有“燃烧”的意思。
    Two fires combined together, one atop the other, like flames licking the sky （ ）, represents the idea of “a roaring fire.” This is the original meaning of炎. Then it was extended to mean “burn”; from “burn” it was also extended to mean “burning hot”, as in 赤日炎炎 (chì rí yán yán: “the scorching sun”).