Radical 火

10 strokes

燒

fire 火 (181) + Chieftain Yao 尧 (778b) = burn 烧

发烧 (146) fā shāo run a fever

The villagers lit a fire beside Chieftain Yao’s statue, but it got out of hand and started to burn the statue and its surroundings. / Luckily the giant had been taking a shower, and directed the spray at the fire to put it out.

Keep this distinct in your mind from (“pile of earth”, 455a) and from 戈 (“dagger”, 32a).

堯

high up (778a) + pedestal 兀 (301a) = Chieftain Yao 尧

Yao was a legendary emperor who lived a little over 4000 years ago.

High up on a pedestal stands a statue of the legendary Chieftain Yao (who was in fact so legendary that he had his own Chinese character!) / [No pronunciation needed]