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煽

煽 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 火が盛んになる。また、扇いでその状態にする。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

『形声』。「火」+音符「扇」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

fan, flap, instigate, agitate, bolster up, gulp down

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セン
Kun (native)
  • あお(る)
  • おだ(てる)
  • おこ(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音shan1
  • 拼音shan4
  • 한글seon
  • Hán-ViệtPhiến

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
火(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+717D

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰火扇

Words using this kanji

  • 煽るあおるto fan (oneself, flames, etc.), to flap (in the wind), to instigate, to stir up
  • 煽ておだておだてを参照。instigation, flattery
  • 煽りあおりgust (of wind), blast, influence, impact
  • 煽てるおだてる「おだてる」の漢字表記。to flatter, to soft-soap, to sweet talk, to cajole
  • 煽り足あお���あしscissors kick (swimming)
  • 煽り止めあおりどめdoorstop
  • 煽り記事あおりきじinflammatory (news) article, inflammatory fake news
  • 煽りを食うあおりをくうto suffer a blast or indirect blow, to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus
  • 煽り立てるあおりたてるto flap strongly, to stir up fiercely
  • 煽てと畚には乗り易いおだてともっこにはのりやすいit's dangerous to fall for flattery

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(10 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-10
Four Corner
9382.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4d10.4
Heisig
2599
Nelson
2792