燃 ràn
: to burn; to ignite; to light
: fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)
Kun Reading
燃す | もす mosu OR もやす moyasu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to burn
燃える | もえる moeru
ichidan verb; intransitive verb
: to burn; to get fired up
燃えつく | もえつく moetsuku
godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to catch fire; to ignite
燃えさかる | もえさかる moesakaru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to blaze; to burn brightly
On Reading
ネン nen
燃燒[烧] ran2shao1: to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
燃料 ran2liao4: fuel [ねんりょう nenryou: fuel]
燃氣[气] ran2qi4: natural gas
燃油 ran2you2: fuel oil
[ねんゆ nenyu: fuel oil; fuel]
燃放 ran2fang4: to light; to set off (firecrackers etc)
點[点]燃 dian3ran2: to ignite; to set on fire; aflame
可燃 ke3ran2: inflammable
[かねん kanen: inflammable; flammable; combustible; burnable]
爆燃 bao4ran2: to detonate; to ignite
[ばくねん bakunen: deflagration
: knocking]
自燃 zi4ran2: spontaneous combustion
Japanese expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
闘志を燃やす | とうしをもやす toushiomoyasu
: to burn with combativeness
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
燃眉之急 ran2 mei2 zhi1 ji2
: lit. the fire burns one’s eyebrows; fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency
死灰復燃 [死灰复燃] si3 hui1 fu4 ran2
: lit. ashes burn once more; fig. sb lost returns to have influence; something malevolent returns to haunt one
煮豆燃萁 zhu3 dou4 ran2 qi2
: burning beanstalks to cook the beans; to cause internecine strife
形声 Pictophonetic.
火 (huo3: fire radical 86)
然 (ran2: yes) suggest the meaning and provides the sound.
Examples:
木が燃える。
きがもえる ki ga moeru
Wood burns.
今夜，星光燃亮天际。
jin1 ye4 xing1guang1 ran2 liang4 tian1 ji4
The heavens are bright with stars tonight.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
