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焰
yàn
1. flame
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

焰
yàn
flame, blaze; glowing, blazing
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (11)

凶焰
xiōngyàn
ferocity
火焰
huǒyàn
blaze
HSK 6
烈焰
lièyàn
raging flames
焰火
yànhuǒ
fireworks
萤焰
yíngyàn
light of firefly
放焰口
fàngyànkǒu
to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)
火焰山
huǒyànshān
Mountain of Flames of legend
口吐毒焰
kǒutǔdúyàn
lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
嚣张气焰
xiāozhāngqìyàn
overweening attitude
果焰糕点
guǒyàngāodiǎn
fruit tart
火焰喷射器
huǒyànpēnshèqì
flamethrower

Alternate Entries

焰
yàn
variant of [[焰<yàn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,258
Word Frequency Rank
3,995 of 84,292