炎

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inflammation

On-Yomi: エン — Kun-Yomi: ほのお

Elements:

inflammation, fire, fire2

Heisig story:

A fire belongs IN the hearth, not OVER it. When the fire spreads to the rest of the house, we have an inflamed house. And as with any inflammation - including those that attack our bodies - the danger is always that it might spread if not checked. This is the sense behind the reduplication of element for fire, one atop the other.

Koohii stories:

1) [Dualta] 28-2-2008(176): To fight fire with fire would just inflame a situation.

2) [Christine_Tham] 30-7-2007(52): An inflammation can often feel like FIRE upon FIRE burning.

3) [TerryS] 27-11-2008(32): If you have an INFLAMMATION, it feels like there's fire above and below your skin.

4) [DrWarrior12] 5-8-2007(15): "Inflammable means flammable? What a country!" - from the Simpsons. Saying both flammable and inflammable helps you remember that there are two fires. Inflammation and inflammable have almost the same spelling.

5) [ninalaura] 1-11-2009(13): When you suffer from a bad inflammation, i.e. an infection, your body will fight it with a high fever. So it fights fire with fire.

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