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焚 = 林 + 火
焚 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “kindle”. It is built from 林 (grove) and 火 (fire). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2597.
- Keyword
- kindle
- RTK frame
- 2597
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- フン, ホン, ハン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- た.く, や.く, やきがり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- burn, зажигать
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 焚 burn
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 焚 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grove” + “fire”. 焚 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 焚 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.