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炎

炎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

会意。「火」 × 2。「もえる」を意味する漢語｛炎｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

inflammation, flame, blaze

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エンJHS
Kun (native)
  • ほのおJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • ぬく
Other languages
  • 拼音yan2
  • 한글yeom
  • Hán-ViệtViêm
  • Hán-ViệtĐàm
  • Hán-ViệtDiễm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
火(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+708E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱火火

Words using this kanji

  • 炎ほのおflame, blaze, flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger), passion
  • 炎上えんじょう燃え上がること。特に大きな乗り物や建物、都市などが燃えること。 投手が大量に失点すること。火だるま。 インターネット上などで、ある人物や話題に対して否定的な意見が殺到し、収拾がつかなくなること。going up in flames, destruction by fire (esp. of a large building), stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.), becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
  • 炎症えんしょう有害な刺激に対する、局所的な反応。生体防衛反応としての意味を持ち、発赤、腫脹、発熱（熱感）、疼痛、機能障害が主な徴候である。inflammation, irritation
  • 炎天えんてん焼けつくように暑い空。夏の季語。blazing heat, scorching sun
  • 炎熱えんねつ夏の厳しい暑さ。sweltering heat
  • 炎暑えんしょ夏のひどい暑さ。酷暑。heat wave, intense heat
  • 炎えん-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
  • 炎光えんこうflame
  • 炎色えんしょくflame (color, colour), flame scarlet, bright reddish, orange
  • 炎々えんえんblazing, fiery
  • 炎夏えんかhot summer, middle of summer
  • 炎靄えんあいhot summer air
  • 炎陽えんよう暑い夏の太陽。 太陽が照りつける夏の時候。summer sun, summer
  • 炎昼えんちゅう夏の暑い昼。hot summer early afternoon
  • 炎管えんかんfire tube (in a boiler), furnace flue, smoke tube
  • 炎威えんい夏の厳しい暑さの猛威。intense heat (of the sun)
  • 炎天下えんてんか炎天の下。焼けつくように暑い空の下。under the blazing sun, in sweltering heat
  • 炎症性えんしょうせいinflammatory, pro-inflammatory
  • 炎症病巣えんしょうびょうそうinflamed part, site of inflammation
  • 炎熱地獄えんねつじごくflames of hell

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-4
Four Corner
9080.9
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4d4.4
Heisig
174
Nelson
2751