| 1024 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1231 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2751 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1727 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1513 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 697 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1336 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1419 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1803 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1264 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3075 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1568 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2145 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 164 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18910 | Morohashi |
| 2420 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3404 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 162 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 174 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1207 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
炎
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 炎 【エン】 -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
- 炎症 【エンショウ】 inflammation, irritation
- 脳炎 【ノウエン】 brain inflammation, encephalitis, cerebritis
- 胃炎 【イエン】 gastritis, gastric catarrh
Kun reading compounds
- 炎 【ほのお】 flame, blaze, flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger), passion
- 炎検出器 【ほのおけんしゅつき】 flame detector
- 瞋恚の炎 【しんいのほのお】 intense antipathy (like a blazing fire), flames of rage
- 嫉妬の炎 【しっとのほのお】 flames of jealousy
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぬく
- Korean:
- yeom
Spanish
- quemar
- llamarada
- inflamación
- flama
Portuguese
- inflamação
- chama
- fogo
French
- inflammation
- flamme
- incendie
| 1162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 9080.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 708e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1442 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暑 【ショ】 heat, midsummer
- 暑中見舞 【ショチュウミマイ】 summer greeting card, inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
- 残暑 【ザンショ】 late summer heat, lingering summer heat
- 避暑 【ヒショ】 escaping the summer heat, going somewhere cooler during the summer, summering
Kun reading compounds
- 暑い 【あつい】 hot, warm, sultry, heated, passionate, impassioned, burning (desire, etc.), on everybody's mind, on the radar, du jour, interested (gaze, etc.)
- 暑い盛り 【あついさかり】 heat of the day, hottest part of the day
Readings
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- bochornoso
- caliente
- calor
Portuguese
- sufocante
- quente
- calor de verão
French
- chaud
- torride
- temps lourd
- chaleur d'été
| 247 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 329 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 313 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1254 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2138 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 476 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 190 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1738A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 638 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 648 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 119 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 976 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3121 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1600 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2182 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1268 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14031P | Morohashi |
| 2473 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2484 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1260 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1350 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 400 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3878 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 3-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 6060.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6691 | Unicode hex code |