焰 (jim6 | yan4) : flame; blaze

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焰

jim6

yan4

[1] flame; blaze
[2] arrogance; bluster

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

焰

This word has been viewed 3963 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Dec 2010 14:32

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火焰鳥 fo2 jim6 niu5 huo3 yan4 niao3 = phoenix (bird)

火焰山 fo2 jim6 saan1 huo3 yan4 shan1 = HuoYan Shan (Flaming Mountains)

火焰 fo2 jim6 huo3 yan2 = blaze; flame

藍色火焰 laam4 sik1 fo2 jim6 lan2 se4 huo3 yan4 = blue flame

氣焰 hei3 jim6 qi4 yan4 = bluster; arrogance; haughtiness [also written as 氣燄]

氣焰囂張 hei3 jim6 hiu1 zoeng1 qi4 yan4 xiao1 zhang1 = brimming with arrogance; full of pride; all puffed up with pride

火焰木 fo2 jim6 muk6 = Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree)

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Decimal representation of this word: 焰
Unicode code for this character: U+7130 (off-site link)

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