炎 — kanji meaning “inflammation”
炎
inflammation, flame, blaze
- Meanings
- inflammation, flame, blaze
- On'yomi
- エン (en)
- Kun'yomi
- ほのお
- Name readings
- ぬく
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1242 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- yán — Chinese character page
Words with 炎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肺炎 | はいえん haien | pneumonia |
| 炎上 | えんじょう enjou | going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building) |
| 肝炎 | かんえん kan'en | hepatitis |
| 炎症 | えんしょう enshou | inflammation; irritation |
| 火炎 | かえん kaen | flame; blaze |
| 火炎瓶 | かえんびん kaenbin | Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb |
| 中耳炎 | ちゅうじえん chuujien | otitis media; middle-ear infection |
| 脳炎 | のうえん nouen | brain inflammation; encephalitis; cerebritis |
| 鼻炎 | びえん bien | rhinitis; coryza; nasal inflammation |
| 陽炎 | かげろう kagerou | heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air |
| 気管支炎 | きかんしえん kikanshien | bronchitis |
| 腹膜炎 | ふくまくえん fukumakuen | peritonitis |
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