焚 – burn, kindle, build a fire

12 strokesJinmeiyō (names)N3 vocabulary

The kanji 焚 means burn, kindle, build a fire, boil, cook. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フン、ホン、ハン (fun, hon, han); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is た.く、や.く、やきがり (taku, yaku, yakigari). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フン	fun
On’yomi	ホン	hon
On’yomi	ハン	han
Kun’yomi	た.く	taku
Kun’yomi	や.く	yaku
Kun’yomi	やきがり	yakigari

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・木.

Words using 焚

焚くたくto burn焚火たきびopen-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse)

Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙炭烈

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.