燃 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「火」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「火」
- On
- ネンねん · nen
- Kun
- も(える)・も(やす)・も(す)mo(eru) · mo(yasu) · mo(su)
- Meaning
- to burn; blaze
Stroke order
Origin
火 "fire" plus 然 (originally "to burn"); fire was added to make the meaning clear — "to burn."
Readings and examples
| Onネンねんnen | 燃焼ねんしょう燃料ねんりょう可燃性かねんせい |
|---|---|
| Kunもえるmoeru | 燃えるもえる燃え尽きるもえつきる |
| Kunもやすmoyasu | 燃やすもやす |
| Kunもすmosu | 燃すもす |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 燃料ねんりょう
fuel
- 不燃物ふねんぶつ
non-burnable waste
Example
たき火がよく燃えている。
The bonfire is burning well.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)