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燃 means 'burn'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1116   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-14    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 48    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 46 words   Used in 89 words   Used in 38 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ネン
Kun
   える to be burning      やす to make burn
⿰   fire   resemble  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 燃 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 燃 is used 85 times, read 2 ways.
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ネン : 65 words FIND ALL
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noun
fuel
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える : 20 words FIND ALL
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to burn; to get fired up
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An additional も.す less common words include 燃 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 786 (originally: 765)  Joy o' Kanji : 765  Key to Kanji: 842 

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ネン   burn   もえる to be burning   も    もやす to make burn   
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
ニク body part   
fire
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