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炎 = 火 + 火

炎 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “flame”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 火 (fire). It appears as a component in 39 other characters in this index.

Keyword
flame
Pinyin (Mandarin)
yán
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
flame, blaze, пламя, blaze
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
炎 inflammation

Decomposition

ids

  1. 火 fire
  2. 火 fire

Characters that contain 炎

How to find 炎 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “fire”. 炎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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