This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: エン、ほのお
Romaji: en, honoo
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: ぬく
Romaji: nuku
Kana
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Meanings

inflammation, flame, blaze

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  86
Frequency:  1242
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-4-4
Korean Reading:  yeom
Chinese Reading:  yan2
Unicode:  708e
JIS:  316A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2420
Nelson Index: 2751
New Nelson Index: 3404
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4d4.4
Four Corner Index: 9080.9
Guide to Remembering Index: 1024
Gakken Index: 1231
Japanese Names Index: 697
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18910
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0381
Remembering the kanji Index: 162
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1513
Kodansha Compact Index: 1264
Kanji in Context Index: 1803
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1568
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2145
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 164
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 174
Essential Kanji Index: 1727
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3075
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1162
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1207

Words

(ほのお、ほむら)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
炎上 (えんじょう)
blazing up; destruction of a large building by fire; flood of comments to a blog, exceeding what the blog's owner can answer
肺炎 (はいえん)
pneumonia
陽炎 (かげろう、ようえん)
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
鼻炎 (びえん)
nasal inflammation
(えん)
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
火炎 (かえん)
flame; blaze
炎症 (えんしょう)
inflammation; irritation
肝炎 (かんえん)
hepatitis
脳炎 (のうえん)
brain inflammation; encephalitis; nephritis
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