Radical 火

4 strokes

Supposedly a picture of a flame with two sparks, but you may prefer to think of it as a person running, hands in the air, shouting “fire!” It takes a severely squashed form when appearing at the bottom of characters (see 185a). Some books give a different stroke order.

火车 (83) huǒchē a train

/ The wheel is on fire but the ghostly teddy (who was supposed to be guarding it) can’t put out the flames because when he tries to pick up the hose his paw passes straight through it!