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On reading compounds

  • 臍下 【セイカ】 lower abdomen
  • 臍下丹田 【セイカタンデン】 pit of the stomach
  • 噬臍 【ゼイセイ】 bitter regret
  • 膃肭臍 【オットセイ】 fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus), Alaskan fur seal
  • 臍帯 【サイタイ】 umbilical cord
  • 臍帯下垂 【サイタイカスイ】 umbilical cord prolapse

Kun reading compounds

  • 臍 【へそ】 navel, belly button, protrusion or depression in the middle of an object, center, centre, most important part, main point
  • 臍猪 【へそいのしし】 peccary
  • お臍 【おへそ】 navel, belly button
  • 臍 【へそ】 navel, belly button, protrusion or depression in the middle of an object, center, centre, most important part, main point
  • 臍を固める 【ほぞをかためる】 to make up one's mind (to do something), to resolve firmly (to do something)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
je

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3829 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
29967 Morohashi
4887 New Nelson (John Haig)
4b14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-14 SKIP code
7022.3 Four corner code
1-71-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81cd Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
inflammation, flame, blaze
Kun:
ほのお
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
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