炎
yán HSK6

flame

炎 yán
inflammation noun
redness and swelling in the body, or the medical suffix -itis

因为感冒没好，他的扁桃体发炎了，吞咽很困难。

yīn​wèi gǎn​mào méi hǎo, tā de biǎn​táo​tǐ fā yán le, tūn​yàn hěn kùn​nan.

Because his cold hadn't cleared up, his tonsils were inflamed, making it difficult to swallow.

flame adjective
flame, blazing fire, or intense heat

烈日炎炎，工人们依然坚持在户外辛勤工作。

liè​rì yán yán, gōng​rén men yī​rán jiān​chí zài hù​wài xīn​qín gōng​zuò.

Despite the scorching sun, the workers continued to work hard outdoors.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,324th most common 92.9 per million
Movie subtitles
2,059th most common 17.6 per million appears in 8% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.08 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
23.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+708E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)