Keyword
flame
- blaze
- hot
- Frequency
- #1830
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
yán
Mnemonic
Two fires 火 burning
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
肺炎
pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
炎热
blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
炎
flame; inflammation; -itis
肝炎
hepatitis
发炎
to become inflamed; inflammation
炎症
inflammation
关节炎
arthritis
鼻炎
rhinitis
脑炎
encephalitis
胃炎
gastritis
脑膜炎
meningitis
支气管炎
bronchitis
消炎
to reduce fever; antipyretic; to decrease inflammation
炎帝
Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神农 (Shénnóng) Farmer God
顾炎武
Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知录
章太炎
Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
结膜炎
conjunctivitis
阴道炎
vaginal infection; inflammation of the vulva or vagina; colpitis
皮炎
dermatitis
肾炎
kidney inflammation; nephritis
炎黄子孙
descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
炎亚纶
Aaron Yan (1986-), Taiwanese singer
炎炎
scorching
司马炎
Sima Yan (236–290), founder and first emperor (265–290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 (XīJìn), posthumous name 晋武帝 (JìnWǔdì)