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炎

inflammation
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingエン
Kun readingほのお
JōyōGrade 8
  1. flame
  2. blaze
  3. flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger)
  4. passion

Radicals and components

Radical火fire

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

fire (火)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 174

Compound words

炎症えんしょう
inflammation; irritation
炎上えんじょう
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
炎天えんてん
blazing heat; scorching sun
肝炎かんえん
hepatitis
脳炎のうえん
brain inflammation; encephalitis; cerebritis
肺炎はいえん
pneumonia
火炎瓶かえんびん
Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
中耳炎ちゅうじえん
otitis media; middle-ear infection

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

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