noun, takes する, transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. ignition, lighting, firing, setting off.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
点火 てんか

Contained Kanji Breakdown

spot, point, mark
テン つ.ける とも.す (2nd, N3)
fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
うらな.う セン し.める (7th, N2)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
fire
ひ カ ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)