易燃

yìrán

adjective #26,111

Meanings

Zhèxiē cáiliào shì yìrán de, qǐng yuǎnlí huǒyuán.

These materials are flammable; please keep away from fire sources.

Yìrán wùpǐn bùdé dài shàng fēijī.

Flammable items are not allowed on aircraft.

Cāngkù lǐ cúnfàng zhe dàliàng yìrán yètǐ.

The warehouse stores large quantities of flammable liquids.

memory

易 means easy and 燃 means to burn — so 易燃 literally means easy to burn, i.e. flammable. The logic is transparent once you know the parts.

易 yì

燃 rán