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燃 = 火 + 然

燃 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “burn”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 然 (sort of thing). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 549.

Keyword
burn
RTK frame
549
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ネン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
も.える, も.やす, も.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ожог
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
燃 burn

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 火 fire
  2. 然 sort of thing

How to find 燃 without knowing its reading

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

Open 燃 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.