| 1096 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1410 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3731 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1516 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1666 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 408 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1272 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1346 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1107 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1022 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1045 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 563 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 747 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1664 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29273 | Morohashi |
| 841 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4762 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1649 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1778 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1134 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 肝硬変 【カンコウヘン】 cirrhosis (of the liver)
- 肝炎 【カンエン】 hepatitis
- 肺肝 【ハイカン】 lungs and livers, depths of one's heart, innermost heart
- 脂肪肝 【シボウカン】 fatty liver
Kun reading compounds
- 肝 【きも】 liver, innards, courage, spirit, pluck, guts, crux, essential point, key
- 肝いり 【きもいり】 good offices, auspices, sponsorship, help, assistance, village official (during the Edo period)
- 群肝 【むらぎも】 internal organs, entrails
- あん肝 【あんきも】 monkfish liver, goosefish liver
Readings
- Korean:
- gan
Spanish
- punto vital
- hígado
- ánimo
Portuguese
- fígado
- vísceras
- nervo
- chutzpah
French
- foie
- cran
- courage
- audace
| 3955 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 7124.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 809d | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |