燃

音読おんよみ: ネン

訓読くんよみ:える・もやす

画数かくすう: 16

部首ぶしゅ: ひへん(火)

Meaning

Burn / Blaze / Ignite / Passion

Conjugation
Tap for 燃える (burn) Tap for 燃やす (burn; set fire to)
  • 燃焼ねんしょう — combustion; burning
  • 可燃かねん — flammable
  • 不燃ふねん — non-combustible
  • 再燃さいねん — flare up again
  • 燃料ねんりょう — fuel
  • 燃費ねんぴ — fuel efficiency
  • 消燃しょうねん — extinguish burning

The kanji combines the fire radical 火 with the phonetic 然. It conveys the idea of burning or blazing, both literally (combustion, flames) and figuratively (burning passion, motivation, or energy).

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