炎

See also: 焱
炎 U+708E, 炎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-708E
← 炍
[U+708D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 炏 →
[U+708F]

Translingual

Han character

炎 (radical 86, 火+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火火 (FF), four-corner 90809, composition ⿱火火)

References
  • KangXi: page 667, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18910
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1076, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2193, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+708E

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 炎
variant forms 炏

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (炎) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
倓 *l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms
緂 *l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
毯 *l̥ʰaːmʔ
菼 *l̥ʰaːmʔ
裧 *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
賧 *l̥ʰaːms
睒 *l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ
舕 *l̥ʰaːms
談 *l'aːm
郯 *l'aːm
惔 *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
錟 *l'aːm
淡 *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ
痰 *l'aːm
餤 *l'aːm
啖 *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
腅 *l'aːms
剡 *ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ
覢 *hljamʔ
掞 *hljams
炎 *ɦlam
琰 *lamʔ
棪 *lamʔ
扊 *lamʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 火 (“fire”) + 火 (“fire”). Duplication of 火 (“fire”).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • iam7 - Shantou;
  • iem7 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 炎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 鹽 (154)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 于廉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠiᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦᵚiɛm/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣiæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦjiam/
Li
Rong		 /ɣjɛm/
Wang
Li		 /ɣĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yán
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 炎
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hjem ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)am/
English burn, blazing

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炎
Reading # 1/1
No. 14315
Phonetic
component		 炎
Rime
group		 談
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 炎
Old
Chinese		 /*ɦlam/

Definitions

炎

  1. † flame; blaze; rising flame
  2. † to burn; to blaze
  3. blazing; burning hot; scorching
  4. red; bright red
  5. (figuratively) power and influence
  6. (medicine) inflammation
  7. (mythology) Yan Emperor (ancient legendary Chinese ruler)

Compounds
Derived terms from 炎

Japanese

Kanji
炎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. flame
  2. blaze, burning
  3. passion
  4. firehot, red-hot
  5. inflammation

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Alternative forms

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
炎
ほのお
Grade: S
kun’yomi

/po no po/ → /fonofo/ → /fonowo/ → /honowo/ → /honoː/

First attested in Utsubo Monogatari, written around the late 10th century.

Compound of 火 (ho, “fire”, combining form) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 穂 (ho, “ear, head”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

炎 (hiragana ほのお, rōmaji honō, historical hiragana ほのほ)

  1. a flame
    • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 5 (front))[6]
      燄 保乃保
    • 2001 December 22, “真紅眼の黒竜レッドアイズ・ブラックドラゴン [Red-Eyes Black Dragon]”, in Premium Pack 5, Konami:
      真 (しん)紅 (く)の眼 (め)を持 (も)つ黒 (こく)竜 (りゅう)。怒 (いか)りの黒 (くろ)き炎 (ほのお)はその眼 (め)に映 (うつ)る者 (もの)全 (すべ)てを焼 (や)き尽 (つ)くす。
      Shinku no me o motsu kokuryū. Ikari no kuroki honō wa sono me ni utsuru mono subete o yakitsukusu.
      A black dragon with crimson eyes. Its black flames of fury burn away anything that’s reflected in those eyes.
    ハリー・ポッターと炎 (ほのお)のゴブレット
    Harī Pottā to Honō no Goburetto
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    燃 (も)え広 (ひろ)がる炎 (ほのお)
    Moehirogaru Honō
    Catching Fire
  2. (figuratively) intense emotion, passion
Derived terms
  • 炎 (ほのお)細胞 (さいぼう) (honō saibō)
  • 炎 (ほのお)スペクトル (honō supekutoru)
  • 瞋 (しん)恚 (い)の炎 (ほのお) (shin'i no honō)
See also

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
炎
ほむら
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 火 (ho, “fire”, combining form) +‎ 群 (mura, “gathering, group”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

炎 (hiragana ほむら, rōmaji homura)

  1. a flame
  2. (figuratively) intense emotion, passion
Derived terms
  • 瞋 (しん)恚 (い)の炎 (ほむら) (shin'i no homura)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
炎
えん
Grade: S
on’yomi

/jiem/ → /jemʉ/ → /emʉ/ → /eɴ/

From Middle Chinese 炎 (MC ɦˠiᴇm).

Pronunciation

Affix

炎 (hiragana えん, rōmaji en)

  1. flame; blaze
  2. blazing hot
  3. (medicine) -itis, inflammation of...
Derived terms
(medicine) -itis, inflammation of...

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja

炎 • (yeom) (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune–Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

炎 (viêm)

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