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Burn Sort Thing Dog 燃 ネン も.える、も.やす、も.す Blaze

Kanji
Onyomi ネン
Kunyomi も.える、も.やす、も.す
English burn, blaze, glow
Examples 燃料(ねんりょう): fuel
燃焼(ねんしょう): burning; combustion
燃える(もえる): to burn; to get fired up
燃す(もす): to burn
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 5
Frequency 948
Components 火: fire
然: sort of thing; so; if so; in that case; well
Number of Strokes 16
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 86
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword burn
Koohii Story 1 Any sort of thing can burn in the fire.
Koohii Story 2 Somebody from PETA is really angry that they sell dog meat in China, so they´ve gone to burn down the whole cart (my mnemonic for "sort of thing" was seeing strips of dog flesh roasting, and saying "well, that´s just the sort of thing they do here in China).

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade5, kanjifreq751-1000

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