The bonfire blazed vigorously, lighting up the whole night sky.
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燊 is archaic and not used independently in modern Chinese, surviving mainly in personal names (favored for its 'flourishing fire' auspicious feel). The everyday word for blazing is 旺 or 兴旺.
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Wood on top feeding a fire 火 at the base — pile fuel on flames and they roar up. That blazing image is the meaning 'vigorous fire'.
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燊shēn
blazing fire among wood
Wood piled above a fire 火 at the foot, picturing a roaring blaze. The upper wood-cluster and the fire fused into one stylized shape long ago and no longer split into clean independent components, so it is treated as a single self-component.
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