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Kanji for Flame
The kanji for “flame” is 炎, read en and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
炎
flame
Fire and flame; a burning will.
8 strokes On reading エン (en) Kun reading ほのお (honoo) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: inflammation, flame, blaze
Readings used for names on Nazuke: en
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