焔

12 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

flame, blaze

Kun'yomi
  • ほのお
    		flame ②flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger)
On'yomi
  • エン

Main Radical

火(KanXi) 丿(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

ほのお 93.7%
エン 6.3%

Character Breakdown

flame, blaze
ほのお　エン (Kentei Pre-1)
fire
ひ　カ　ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
old times, old things, old friend
キュウ　ふる.い　もと (5th, N2)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)

Common Words

か
火
えん
焔
だい
太
こ
鼓
dadaiko drum (decorated with flames)
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References

Unicode hex code 7114
JIS X 0208 1-17-75
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 249
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3423
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 996
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1216
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2546
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2605
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19141X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4d8.5
Four corner code 9787.7