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煽 = 火 + 扇

煽 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fanning”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 扇 (fan). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2599.

Keyword
fanning
RTK frame
2599
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あお.る, おだ.てる, おこ.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
fan, вентиляция
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
煽 stir up

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 火 fire
  2. 扇 fan

How to find 煽 without knowing its reading

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

Open 煽 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.