焚 — kanji meaning “burn”
焚
burn, kindle, build a fire, boil, cook
- Meanings
- burn, kindle, build a fire, boil, cook
- On'yomi
- フン (fun)、ホン (hon)、ハン (han)
- Kun'yomi
- た.く、や.く、やきがり
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- fén — Chinese character page
Words with 焚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焚く | たく taku | to burn; to kindle; to light (a fire) |
| 焚き火 | たきび takibi | open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire |
| 焚書 | ふんしょ funsho | book burning |
| 焚きつけ | たきつけ takitsuke | kindling; firelighter |
| 焚書坑儒 | ふんしょこうじゅ funshokouju | burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign) |
| 空焚き | からだき karadaki | heating a vessel without water in it; heating an empty pan, kettle, boiler, bathtub, etc. |
| 焚き口 | たきぐち takiguchi | door (of a furnace, stove, etc.); fuel hole |
| 焚刑 | ふんけい funkei | burning at the stake |
| 焚き物 | たきもの takimono | firewood |
| 罐焚き | かまたき kamataki | stoker; fireman |
| 香を焚く | こうをたく kouotaku | to cense; to burn incense |
| お火焚 | おひたき ohitaki | Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines) |
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