JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Kanji 炎: "inflammation, flame, blaze"
The kanji 炎 means "inflammation, flame, blaze". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read エン in on'yomi and ほのお in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほのお
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | inflammation, flame, blaze |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1242 of 2,501 |
Common words with 炎
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 炎flame; blaze · flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
- 炎-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
- 火炎flame; blaze
- 炎上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
- 陽炎heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
- 炎天下under the blazing sun; in sweltering heat
- 肺炎pneumonia
- 炎症inflammation; irritation
- 炎熱sweltering heat
- 火炎放射器flamethrower
- 嫉妬の炎flames of jealousy
- 炎天blazing heat; scorching sun
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