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Kanji Detail for 燃 - "to burn, flame"

燃

  • Meaning

    燃 means "to burn, flame." Also associated with to kindle.

    1. Burn - To be on fire; to combust.

    2. Flame - To blaze; to ignite.

    3. Kindle - To start burning; to light.

  • Words using 燃

    • 燃料 ねんりょう Listen fuel
    • 核燃料 かくねんりょう Listen nuclear fuel
    • 燃焼 ねんしょう Listen burning; combustion; exerting all strength
    • 燃費 ねんぴ Listen fuel consumption; gas mileage
    • 燃える もえる Listen to burn; to get fired up
    • 再燃 さいねん Listen recurrence; revival; resuscitation
    • 可燃物 かねんぶつ Listen combustibles; inflammables; flammables
    • 燃やす もやす Listen to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

  • Four-character idioms with 燃

    • 完全燃焼 かんぜんねんしょう Listen complete combustion; perfect combustion; giving one's all
    • 燃犀之明 ねんさいのめい Listen extraordinary perceptiveness; sharp insight

  • Tattoo check: 燃

    • Verified meaning: to burn, flame
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read もえ, もえる, もゆ)
    • Also carries these associations: to kindle

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 燃

    Given names 燃(もえ)Listen 燃(もえる)Listen 燃(もゆ)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    burn; blaze; glow

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    burn; light fire, ignite

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to ignite, to burn; combustion

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

    Same as 然. The burning character 然 is now commonly written as 燃.

  • Onyomi

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    nen(ネン) ネン

  • Kunyomi

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    mo.eru(も-える) も-える

    mo.su(も-す) も-す

    mo.yasu(も-やす) も-やす

  • Strokes

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    16 strokes

  • Radical

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    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    to burn flame to kindle fuel ignite blaze combustion ash char conflagration fire flare flicker heat incinerate inferno light pyre scorch singe smoke smolder

Sentences including 燃

  • Please keep the fire burning.

  • I felt as if my face were on fire.

  • What mileage do you get with this car?

  • That building must be on fire.

  • This house is fireproof.

  • When i got there , the house was on fire.

  • It being cold , we made a fire.

  • His house was on fire.

  • I was surprised to find it on fire.

  • Look ! the book is burning.

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