Chinese Character Wiki
炎

yán

flame

Combination of two fires (火).

Components
火 iconic component

火  Iconic component

huǒ

  

fire

火 iconic component

火  Iconic component

huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

炎 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
炎 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
炎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
炎 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
炎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

炎  

yán

flame, blaze; hot; flame; inflammation; -itis

Most common words with 炎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

炎

flame

肺炎

pneumonia

关节炎

arthritis

炎症

inflammation

肝炎

hepatitis

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

琰 欻 燅

Sound component in 12 characters (3 verified)

談 谈 淡 毯 痰 氮 琰 郯 啖 锬 剡 赕

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷ(r)am

hjem

yán

burn, blazing


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 7.9930% of movies

2059th most common character in movies

1324th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+708E

Shuowen

“炎，火光上也。从重火。”


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