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燃

to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)

16 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,349 U+71C3

How 燃 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

火 (semantic, “fire”) + 然 (phonetic, rán)

components: 火 然

How to remember it

ignite · Heisig RSH #1591

火 fire + 然 sort of thing

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 燃

WordPinyinMeaning
内燃机车 nèi rán jī chē diesel locomotive
核燃料后处理 hé rán liào hòu chǔ lǐ nuclear fuel reprocessing
生物燃料 shēng wù rán liào biofuel
化石燃料 huà shí rán liào fossil fuel
燃气轮机 rán qì lún jī gas turbine
可燃性 kě rán xìng flammable; flammability
内燃机 nèi rán jī internal combustion engine
易燃物品 yì rán wù pǐn flammable articles
燃油车 rán yóu chē fuel-powered car; internal-combustion vehicle
死灰复燃 sǐ huī fù rán lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence; sth malevolent …
燃素说 rán sù shuō phlogiston theory
易燃物 yì rán wù flammable substance
燃气电厂 rán qì diàn chǎng gas fired power station
可燃冰 kě rán bīng clathrate hydrates
燃料油 rán liào yóu fuel oil
燃料电池 rán liào diàn chí fuel cell
燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency
自燃 zì rán spontaneous combustion
再生燃料 zài shēng rán liào renewable fuel
燃气 rán qì fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc)