焔

See also: 焰 and 燄

Translingual

Han character

焔 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火弓中日 (FNLA), four-corner 9786₀, composition ⿰火⿱⺈旧)

1. flame, blaze
2. glowing, blazing

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 673, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2205, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7114

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 焔 – see 焰 (“flame”). (This character is a variant form of 焰).

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Japanese

Kanji

焔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 焰)

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)}
• Kun: ほのお (honō, 焔)^{←ほのほ (fonofo, 焔, historical)}; ほむら (homura, 焔)

Compounds

• 盛(せい)焔(えん) (seien)
• 毒(どく)焔(えん) (dokuen)
• 冷(れい)焔(えん) (reien)

Usage notes

Less-common alternative form of 炎.

Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of 焔 – see the following entry.

【炎ほのお】S [noun] a flame [noun] (figuratively) an intense emotion, passion Alternative spellings 焰, 燄 【炎ほむら】S [noun] a flame [noun] (figuratively) an intense emotion, passion Alternative spellings 焰, 燄 【炎えん】S [affix] flame, blaze [affix] (figurative) passion, emotion Alternative spellings 焰, 燄

(This term, 焔, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

焔 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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