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炎

yán

“Flame” in Chinese is 炎 (yán).

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Meaning

  • flame
  • inflammation
  • -itis

Example

他的肚脐发炎了。

He had an infection in his belly button.

From 发炎 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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