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炎 = 火

炎 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “inflammation”. It is built from 火 (fire). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 174. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword
inflammation
RTK frame
174
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほのお
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
воспаление
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
炎 flame

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 火 fire

Characters that contain 炎

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