ruò

burn

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

熱 sound component

  Sound component

  

hot

Evolution

爇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
爇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

ruò

burn

 

heat; to burn