燃 – burn, blaze, glow

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The kanji 燃 means burn, blaze, glow. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ネン (nen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is も.える、も.やす、も.す (moeru, moyasu, mosu). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ネン	nen
Kun’yomi	も.える	moeru
Kun’yomi	も.やす	moyasu
Kun’yomi	も.す	mosu

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・犬・夕・杰.

Words using 燃

燃えるもえるto burn燃やすもやすto burn燃焼ねんしょうburning燃料ねんりょうfuel

Example sentences

火がぼんぼん燃えている。

The fire is burning furiously.

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このガラクタは火に燃やしなさい。

Burn this rubbish on the fire.

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彼女は嫉妬の炎を燃やした。

She burned with jealousy.

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Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為焦災焼照炎煙炭烈熟

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