Kanji Detail for 煽 - "fan, incite, agitate"

煽

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
煽 means "fan, incite, agitate."
1. Fan - To kindle a fire.
2. Incite - To provoke; to egg on; to instigate.
3. Agitate - To stir up wind; to drink in one gulp (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

fan; flap; instigate; agitate; bolster up; gulp down

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

stir up, incite, agitate, provoke

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to fan into a flame; to incite

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to stir up, to incite; to agitate, to provoke

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Using a fan to stir up fire and make it blaze. Hence stirring up people's hearts is also called 煽動 (to incite), 煽惑 (to mislead).
Onyomi

sen(せん)
Kunyomi

aoru

oda.teru(おだてる)

oko.ru(おこる)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

火灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)
Related Keywords
fan kindle fire incite provoke egg instigate agitate stir wind drink gulp