# 炎 — Flame

Frequency rank 967 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 溶 (Melt), less common than 黄 (Yellow).

- On’yomi: えん
- Kun’yomi: ほのお
- Radical: 火 Fire (Kangxi 86)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

The flame kanji is two fire radicals stacked on top of each other — double fire blazing high into a roaring flame.

In words:

- 炎 ほのお — flame

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