What is the Kanji for "Burn"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Burn", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Burn" is "燃".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Mo".

Its onyomi reading is "Nen".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "火" means "Fire" and can be read as "Hi", "Ka", and "Ho". And The kanji "然" means "Sort of thing" and "In that case" and can be read as "Sa", "Nen", "Zen", and "Shika".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "燃" mean in japanese?

"燃" means "Burn".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fifth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

燃える: "Burn". The Japanese verb '燃える (もえる)' means 'to burn'. This verb is used to describe something catching on fire and being consumed by flames. It can be used for both physical objects as well as metaphorical situations where something is intensely passionate or driven. For example: The building is burning - (その建物が燃えている). His passion for cooking burns brightly - (彼の料理への情熱は強く燃えている).

燃料: "Fuel". The Japanese noun '燃料 (ねんりょう)' means 'fuel'. Fuel is any material that is burned to produce heat or power. It is a crucial resource for transportation, heating, and powering machinery. For example: The car requires fuel to run - (車は燃料がないと走れません). The power plant uses coal as fuel - (発電所は石炭を燃料として使っている).

燃やす: "Burn". The Japanese verb '燃やす (もやす)' means 'to burn'. It is used to describe the action of setting fire to or causing something to burn. This verb can be used for both literal and metaphorical burning. For example: She burned the old letters - (彼女は古い手紙を燃やしました). The fire is burning brightly - (火が明るく燃えている).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ね" is read as "ne". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". And The hiragana "も" is read as "mo".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.