炎 – Kanji details

Keyword

intense flame

Info

Frequency	Top 700-800
Type	Jōyō ?
Kanken	Level 3
Heisig	174
Readings	ほのお (41%) ほむら (41%) えん (16%)

Composed of

火

fire

火

fire

Mnemonic

When you have a fire that's twice as tall you have a very intense flame.

Used in kanji (7 in total)

conversation

watered down

carpet

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phlegm

???

lure

Used in vocabulary (276 in total)

炎ほのお

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

炎えん

-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

火か炎えん

flame; blaze

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Examples (39 in total)

私わたしたちは、爆ばく発はつの音おとを聞きき、その家いえが急きゅうに炎ほのおに包つつまれるのを見みた。

We heard the explosion and saw the house burst into flames.

その少しょう女じょは炎ほのおを見みて悲ひ鳴めいを上あげた。

The girl screamed when she saw the flames.

小ちいさな火ひ花ばなはしばしば大おおきな炎ほのおを起おこす。

A small spark often kindles a large flame.

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