炎
flame; inflammation; blaze
8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1242.
Readings
- エン (on reading): 炎上 (えんじょう) stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); 炎 (えん) -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
- ほのお (kun reading): 炎 (ほのお) flame; 嫉妬の炎 (しっとのほのお) flames of jealousy
- Read as a whole word: 陽炎 (かげろう) heat shimmer
Components
Kanji containing 炎
Words using 炎
- 炎上 (えんじょう) stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.)
- 炎 (えん) -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
- 炎症 (えんしょう) inflammation
- 口内炎 (こうないえん) mouth ulcer
- 肺炎 (はいえん) pneumonia
- 炎 (ほのお) flame
- 嫉妬の炎 (しっとのほのお) flames of jealousy
- 瞋恚の炎 (しんいのほのお) intense antipathy (like a blazing fire)
- 炎検出器 (ほのおけんしゅつき) flame detector
- 氷と炎の歌 (こおりとほのおのうた) A Song of Ice and Fire (series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin)
- 陽炎 (かげろう) heat shimmer
- 陽炎 (かげろい) heat shimmer
315 words in all.