焰 — Chinese character
焰
yàn
flame, blaze; glowing, blazing
- Pinyin
- yàn
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 火 臽
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 火; sound component 臽
- Japanese
- 焰 as a kanji
Common words with 焰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火焰 | huǒ yàn | blaze; flame |
| 烈焰 | liè yàn | raging flames |
| 焰火 | yàn huǒ | fireworks |
| 气焰 (氣焰) | qì yàn | arrogance; haughtiness |
| 火焰山 | huǒ yàn shān | Mountain of Flames of legend; fig. insurmountable obstacle |
| 嚣张气焰 (囂張氣焰) | xiāo zhāng qì yàn | (idiom) overweening attitude; threatening manner |
| 气焰嚣张 (氣焰囂張) | qì yàn xiāo zhāng | see 嚣张气焰 (xiāo zhāng qì yàn) |
| 放焰口 | fàng yàn kǒu | to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit) |
| 凶焰 | xiōng yàn | ferocity; aggressive arrogance |
| 萤焰 (螢焰) | yíng yàn | light of firefly; firefly |
English words written with 焰
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