煽 — Chinese character
煽
shān
to stir up, to incite; to agitate, to provoke
- Pinyin
- shān
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 火 扇
- Formation
- ideographic — To fan 扇 the flames 火; 扇 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 煽 as a kanji
Common words with 煽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煽动 (煽動) | shān dòng | to incite; to instigate |
| 煽情 | shān qíng | to stir up emotion; to arouse sympathy |
| 煽风点火 (煽風點火) | shān fēng diǎn huǒ | (idiom) to fan the flames; to incite people |
| 煽动性 (煽動性) | shān dòng xìng | provocative |
| 煽阴风 (煽陰風) | shān yīn fēng | to raise an ill wind |
English words written with 煽
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.