Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
burn, blaze, glow
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
948 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 燃費 【ネンピ】 fuel consumption, gas mileage
  • 燃焼 【ネンショウ】 burning, combustion, exerting all strength, making an effort
  • 不燃 【フネン】 incombustibility
  • 可燃 【カネン】 inflammable, flammable, combustible, burnable

Kun reading compounds

  • 燃える 【もえる】 to burn, to get fired up
  • 燃えるゴミ 【もえるごみ】 burnable garbage, burnable waste
  • 燃やす 【もやす】 to burn, to burn with (emotion, feeling), to be fired up
  • 燃やすごみ 【もやすごみ】 burnable garbage, burnable waste
  • 燃やす 【もやす】 to burn, to burn with (emotion, feeling), to be fired up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ran2
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • quemar
  • quemarse
  • arder

Portuguese

  • queimadura
  • chama
  • ardor

French

  • brûler
  • flamber
690 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
786 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
765 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1142 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2808 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
541 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
721 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
652 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
663 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
870 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1271 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1375 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
739 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
995 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
249 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19394 Morohashi
1081 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3490 New Nelson (John Haig)
510 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
549 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
816 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1140 2001 Kanji
4d12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
1-1-15 SKIP code
9383.3 Four corner code
1-39-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
71c3 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
elder brother, big brother
Kun:
あに
On:
ケイキョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1219 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 兄 【ケイ】 you, Mr, Mister, older brother, elder brother
  • 兄弟 【キョウダイ】 siblings, brothers and sisters, brothers, siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, mate, friend
  • 実兄 【ジッケイ】 biological older brother
  • 父兄 【フケイ】 guardians, parents, father and older brother
  • 兄弟 【キョウダイ】 siblings, brothers and sisters, brothers, siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, mate, friend
  • 兄姉 【ケイシ】 brother and sister

Kun reading compounds

  • 兄 【あに】 older brother, elder brother
  • 兄貴 【あにき】 elder brother, one's senior, older man, man older than oneself
  • 中の兄 【なかのあに】 middle brother
  • 義理の兄 【ぎりのあに】 one's brother-in-law, stepbrother (elder)

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 せ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiong1
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • hermano mayor

Portuguese

  • irmão mais velho
  • irmão maior

French

  • frère aîné
  • grand frère
199 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
114 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
267 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1049 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
875 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
234 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
122 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
181 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
406 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
410 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
75 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
142 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2676 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1362 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1848 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
104 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1343 Morohashi
2154 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
344 New Nelson (John Haig)
103 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
107 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
106 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3757 2001 Kanji
3d2.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-2 SKIP code
6021.0 Four corner code
1-23-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5144 Unicode hex code