炎

See also 焱

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 火 + 火 (“fire”)

Han character

炎 (radical 86 火+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火火 (FF), four-corner 9080₉)

1. flame, blaze
2. hot

References

• KangXi: page 667, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18910
• Dae Jaweon: page 1076, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2193, character 6
• Unihan data for U+708E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

炎 (Yale yim4)

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Japanese

Etymology

ponopo > ɸonoɸo > ɸonowo > honoo > honoː. A compound of ho (“fire”) + no (“genitive”) + ho (“ear, head”).

Noun

炎 (hiragana ほのお, romaji honō, historical hiragana ほのほ)

1. flame; blaze
   • 1079: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 5 (front))

     燄 保乃保

Kanji

炎 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: えん (en), たん (tan)
• Kun: ほのお (honō), もえる (moeru)

Compounds

• 炎暑 (えんしょ, ensho)
• 炎症 (えんしょう, enshō)
• 炎上 (えんじょう, enjō)
• 炎帝 (えんてい, entei)
• 炎天 (えんてん, enten)
• 炎涼 (えんりょう, enryō)
• 火炎 (かえん, kaen)
• 虫垂炎 (ちゅうすいえん, chūsuien)
• 気炎 (きえん, kien)

Alternative forms

• 焰

Suffix

炎 (hiragana えん, romaji -en)

1. (medicine) -itis, an inflammation

References

• 1979 [1079], Hiroshi Tsukishima, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 4-7629-3099-7:

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Korean

Hanja

炎 (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune-Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

炎 (pinyin yán (yan2), Wade-Giles yen²)

Compounds

• 炎帝
• 炎旱
• 炎黄
• 炎凉
• 炎涼世態
• 炎热、炎熱
• 炎日
• 炎暑
• 炎天
• 炎夏
• 炎炎
• 炎焰
• 炎阳
• 炎症

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Vietnamese

Han character

炎 (viêm)