8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

inflammation, flame, blaze

Kun'yomi
  • flame ②flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger)
On'yomi
  • エン
    -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
Nanori
  • ぬく

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ほのお 84.2%
エン 15.8%

Character Breakdown

inflammation, flame, blaze
ほのお エン ぬく (8th, N1)
fire
ひ カ ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

flame ②flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger)
going up in flames ②stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.)
red flame ②(solar) prominence
under the blazing sun
intense antipathy (like a blazing fire)
A Song of Ice and Fire (series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin)
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References

Unicode hex code 708E
JIS X 0208 1-17-74
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2751
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3404
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2420
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3075
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Morohashi Daikanwajiten 18910
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1024
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1336
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1419
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1513
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1207
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1803
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1264
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 164
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4d4.4
Four corner code 9080.9
De Roo Code 1162