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炎
yán
1. flame
2. inflammation
3. -itis
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

炎
yán
flame, blaze; hot
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

咽炎
yānyán
pharyngitis
喉炎
hóuyán
laryngitis
消炎
xiāoyán
to reduce fever
炎夏
yánxià
hot summer
炎帝
Yándì
Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong [[神農|神农<Shénnóng>]] Farmer God
炎性
yánxìng
inflammatory (medicine)
炎炎
yányán
scorching
炎热
yánrè
blistering hot
HSK 6
炎症
yánzhèng
inflammation
发炎
fāyán
to become inflamed
HSK 6
皮炎
píyán
dermatitis
肝炎
gānyán
hepatitis
肺炎
fèiyán
pneumonia
胃炎
wèiyán
gastritis
肾炎
shènyán
kidney inflammation
脑炎
nǎoyán
brain fever
腱炎
jiànyán
tendonitis
肠炎
chángyán
enteritis
膜炎
móyán
inflammation of membrane
阳炎
yángyán
dazzling sunlight

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,323
Word Frequency Rank
2,911 of 84,292

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