炎 — Chinese character
炎
yán
flame, blaze; hot
- Pinyin
- yán
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 火 火
- Formation
- ideographic — Two fires 火 burning
- Japanese
- 炎 as a kanji
Common words with 炎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肺炎 | fèi yán | pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs |
| 炎热 (炎熱) | yán rè | blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather) |
| 肝炎 | gān yán | hepatitis |
| 发炎 (發炎) | fā yán | to become inflamed; inflammation |
| 炎症 | yán zhèng | inflammation |
| 关节炎 (關節炎) | guān jié yán | arthritis |
| 鼻炎 | bí yán | rhinitis |
| 脑炎 (腦炎) | nǎo yán | encephalitis |
| 胃炎 | wèi yán | gastritis |
| 脑膜炎 (腦膜炎) | nǎo mó yán | meningitis |
| 支气管炎 (支氣管炎) | zhī qì guǎn yán | bronchitis |
| 消炎 | xiāo yán | to reduce fever; antipyretic |
English words written with 炎
- flame
- pneumonia
- inflammation
- inflammatory
- arthritis
- hepatitis
- meningitis
- scorching
- bronchitis
- dermatitis
- colitis
- mumps
炎 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
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.