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炎 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「火」

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3Junior high level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「火」
On
エンえん · en
Kun
ほのおhonō
Meaning
flame; inflammation

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Two fires (火) stacked: flames leaping up — a flame.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onエンえんen炎上えんじょう炎天えんてん火炎かえん
Kunほのおhonō炎ほのお

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 炎上えんじょう

    going up in flames

  • 肺炎はいえん

    pneumonia

More words with this kanji

  • 肝炎かんえん
  • 睾丸炎こうがんえん
  • 膀胱炎ぼうこうえん
  • 腱鞘炎けんしょうえん
  • 膣炎ちつえん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

たき火(び)の炎(ほのお)を見(み)つめた。

I gazed at the flames of the bonfire.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 火Map of reading エンAll maps

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