火
hwa
Fire in the building, fire in the chest
The picture A flame catching at one point, climbing upward, and jumping sideways to whatever is next. 火 rises and spreads; 水 runs downward and smothers it.
Where the picture shows up in 火
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fire in a building
화재가 나면 계단으로 내려가세요.
hwa-jae-ga na-myeon gye-da-neu-ro nae-ryeo-ga-se-yo
If there's a fire, go down by the stairs.
Red light spreading at the end of a corridor as people turn toward the stairwell
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the canister that kills fire
여기 소화기 어디 있어요?
yeo-gi so-hwa-gi eo-di i-sseo-yo
Where's the fire extinguisher here?
A red canister lifted off the wall, pin pulled, white powder sprayed out
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skin hurt by fire
국물이 뜨거우니까 화상 조심하세요.
gung-mu-ri tteu-geo-u-ni-kka hwa-sang jo-sim-ha-se-yo
The soup is hot — be careful not to burn yourself.
Boiling soup splashing and leaving a red mark on the back of a hand
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the day named for fire
다음 화요일에 다시 오세요.
da-eum hwa-yo-i-re da-si o-se-yo
Come back next Tuesday.
A finger landing on the third box of a week in the calendar
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the fire that rises inside
아버지가 많이 화를 내셨어요.
a-beo-ji-ga ma-ni hwa-reul nae-syeo-sseo-yo
My father got very angry.
Red heat rising in the chest, past the throat, up into the face
All of it in one picture
火 is one flame that climbs and spreads. When it catches on a building, that is a fire; the canister that presses it dead is an extinguisher. Skin damaged by touching it is a burn, and the weekday named after it is Tuesday. When that same flame rises inside a person and reaches the face, that is anger.