炎 – inflammation, flame, blaze

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The kanji 炎 means inflammation, flame, blaze. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エン (en); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほのお (honoo). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エン	en
Kun’yomi	ほのお	honoo

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 火.

Words using 炎

炎ほのおflame

Example sentences

硫黄は青い炎を上げて燃える。

Sulfur burns with a blue flame.

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Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照煙炭烈熟

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