炎 yán
noun
: flame; blaze; hot
: inflammation
: -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
Kun Reading
炎 | ほのお honoo
noun
: flame; blaze
炎 | ほむら homura
noun
: flame; blaze
On Reading
炎 | えん en
suffix
: -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
Usage:
炎熱[热] yan2re4: blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
炎夏 yan2xia4: hot summer; scorching summer
肺炎 fei4yan2: pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
腎[肾]炎 shen4yan2: kidney inflammation; nephritis
關節[关节]炎 guan1jie2 yan2: arthritis
風濕關節[风湿关节]炎 feng1shi1 guan1jie2 yan2: rheumatoid arthritis
支氣管炎 zhi1qi4guan3yan2: bronchitis
炎熱[热] yan2re4: blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
[えんねつ ennetsu: sweltering heat]
炎夏 yan2xia4: hot summer; scorching summer
[えんか enka: hot summer; middle of summer]
炎性 yan2xing4: inflammatory (medicine)
炎炎 yan2yan2: scorching [えんえん enen: blazing; fiery]
肺炎 fei4yan2: pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
[はいえん haien]
發[发]炎 fa1yan2: to become inflamed; inflammation
肝炎 gan1yan2: hepatitis [かんえん kanen]
腎[肾]炎 shen4yan2: kidney inflammation; nephritis
[じんえん jinen]
關節[关节]炎 guan1jie2 yan2: arthritis
[関節炎 | かんせつえん kansetsuen]
風濕關節[风湿关节]炎 feng1shi1 guan1jie2 yan2: rheumatoid arthritis
[関節リウマチ | かんせつリウマチ kansetsuriumachi]
支氣管炎 zhi1qi4guan3yan2: bronchitis
[気管支炎 | きかんしえん kikanshien]
Japanese expression
瞋恚の炎 | しんいのほのお shin i no honoo
: intense antipathy (like a blazing fire); flames of rage
怪気炎をあげる | かいきえんをあげる kaiki en o ageru
: to speak flamboyantly
Chinese idiom
趨炎附勢 [趋炎附势] qu1 yan2 fu4 shi4
: to curry favor: playing up to those in power; social climbing
Etymology:
会意 Associative Compound.
Fire 火 and more fire 火 (huo3: fire radical 86)
old variant: 炏
Examples:
我不在乎炎熱的天氣
wo3 bu4zai4hu yan2re4 de tian1qi4.
I don’t mind the hot weather.
聽起來像支氣管炎
ting1qi3lai xiang4 zhi1qi4guan3yan2.
It sounds like bronchitis.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
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