燎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「火」+音符「尞」。「もやす」を意味する漢語{燎}を表す字。もと「尞」が{燎}を表す字であったが、火偏を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

burn, bonfire

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リョウ
Kun (native)
  • かがりび
Other languages
  • 拼音liao4
  • 拼音liao2
  • 拼音liao3
  • 한글ryo
  • Hán-ViệtLiệu

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
火(ひ)
JIS level
Level 2
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+71CE

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰火尞

Words using this kanji

  • 燎原りょうげん野原を焼くこと。 火の燃え広がった野原。agricultural burning, setting a field ablaze
  • 燎原の火りょうげんのひ勢いが良く、抑えきれないもの。wildfire

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-12
Four Corner
9489.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4d12.4
Heisig
2595
Nelson
2804