ひ
fire
Sparks going off both sides of it and the pan beginning to catch. The same ひ as the day, which is fair enough, since the sun is one. Get it turned off before the alarm starts: ひ.
Same reading as 日 ひ, day or sun. 日 is the one up in the sky and 火 is the one on the stove.
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