Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #1242

inflammation, flame, blaze

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

fire hi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

pneumonia
hepatitis
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building)
Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb
inflammation; irritation
blazing heat; scorching sun
flame; blaze
peritonitis
bronchitis
otitis media; middle-ear infection

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

flame; blaze

Example sentences

He is very ill with pneumonia.

It took me a long time to recover from pneumonia.

The fireman could not extinguish the flames.

My house was on fire.