炎

inflammation, flame, blaze

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

エン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ほのお

Nanori (名乗り)

ぬく

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1242

Vocabulary

エン

Word	Reading	Meaning
炎症	エンショウ	inflammation; irritation
炎上	エンジョウ	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	エンテン	blazing heat; scorching sun
火炎瓶	カエンビン	Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
肝炎	カンエン	hepatitis

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
炎	ほのお	flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
炎	ほむら	flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
陽炎	かげろう	heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
日本脳炎	にほんのうえん	Japanese encephalitis
けんしょう炎	けんしょうえん	tenosynovitis

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