Read Edit View history 炎 yán HSK6 flame Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Combination of two fires (火). Pinyin Separate values with commas yán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 炎 Simp strokes 炎 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 炎 Simp strokes 炎 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 炎 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 272, 710 ], [ 328, 662 ], [ 349, 639 ], [ 353, 625 ] ], [ [ 682, 796 ], [ 701, 756 ], [ 609, 687 ], [ 597, 686 ], [ 595, 678 ] ], [ [ 463, 814 ], [ 492, 790 ], [ 499, 779 ], [ 498, 763 ], [ 479, 661 ], [ 444, 567 ], [ 415, 523 ], [ 383, 489 ], [ 342, 457 ], [ 285, 429 ] ], [ [ 545, 596 ], [ 649, 541 ], [ 675, 503 ] ], [ [ 226, 337 ], [ 298, 282 ], [ 323, 244 ] ], [ [ 711, 442 ], 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], [ 444, 567 ], [ 415, 523 ], [ 383, 489 ], [ 342, 457 ], [ 285, 429 ] ], [ [ 545, 596 ], [ 649, 541 ], [ 675, 503 ] ], [ [ 226, 337 ], [ 298, 282 ], [ 323, 244 ] ], [ [ 711, 442 ], [ 725, 417 ], [ 728, 398 ], [ 586, 312 ] ], [ [ 437, 449 ], [ 477, 411 ], [ 474, 352 ], [ 450, 245 ], [ 413, 165 ], [ 365, 104 ], [ 302, 56 ], [ 235, 23 ], [ 155, -1 ] ], [ [ 500, 304 ], [ 503, 279 ], [ 560, 209 ], [ 675, 87 ], [ 748, 28 ], [ 770, 15 ], [ 938, -7 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 275 680 Q 314 625 347 605 Q 360 601 371 613 Q 378 625 377 641 Q 370 683 291 716 Q 275 723 266 720 Q 260 719 261 707 Q 261 695 275 680 Z", "M 658 759 Q 651 749 584 681 Q 572 666 589 668 Q 632 683 655 695 Q 730 729 735 731 Q 757 738 749 756 Q 739 774 716 790 Q 695 806 683 805 Q 671 805 673 792 Q 674 774 658 759 Z", "M 453 807 Q 481 750 441 624 Q 401 509 310 457 Q 295 445 280 435 Q 267 426 279 424 Q 330 420 402 483 Q 439 513 459 547 Q 501 640 507 664 Q 507 700 527 747 Q 530 762 537 773 Q 546 789 531 799 Q 488 835 460 826 Q 447 822 453 807 Z", "M 546 580 Q 592 550 647 505 Q 663 490 676 489 Q 683 489 688 498 Q 697 511 681 546 Q 666 582 543 606 Q 536 609 535 598 Q 536 588 546 580 Z", "M 230 305 Q 278 245 316 223 Q 332 219 343 233 Q 350 246 348 264 Q 344 289 325 305 Q 298 329 245 346 Q 229 352 218 348 Q 211 347 213 334 Q 214 321 230 305 Z", "M 683 404 Q 658 380 578 318 Q 565 303 582 303 Q 636 319 715 351 Q 737 363 763 367 Q 787 371 780 392 Q 770 413 748 432 Q 727 451 714 451 Q 701 452 702 439 Q 701 420 683 404 Z", "M 496 311 Q 514 401 520 411 Q 527 418 522 430 Q 515 437 483 451 Q 447 469 430 462 Q 417 455 428 438 Q 458 366 423 250 Q 381 121 228 41 Q 192 25 145 3 Q 117 -10 150 -11 Q 172 -14 216 1 Q 271 13 320 38 Q 365 59 400 102 Q 457 165 488 278 L 496 311 Z", "M 488 278 Q 593 122 734 -19 Q 753 -34 773 -33 Q 849 -24 916 -17 Q 944 -14 944 -7 Q 945 0 912 13 Q 758 64 707 102 Q 589 196 496 311 C 477 334 471 303 488 278 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old 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