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    3. 焚

    焚

    焚た.く

    burn

    NTCore ConceptsKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    た.くや.くやきがり

    On'yomi

    フンホンハン

    burnkindlebuild a fireboilcook

    林火

    木
    火

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    爨煉煤楸森禁埜婪煉禁爨

    Alternative forms of this concept

    灬

    Concepts using this kanji

    焚く

    to burn

    焚き口

    door (of a furnace, stove, etc.)

    大根焚き

    daikon-offering ceremony (Ryotokuji temple, Kyoto)

    焚火の間

    room with a sunken hearth

    焚き上げ

    bonfire often in temple grounds, usu. of charms, talismans, New Year decorations, etc.

    焚き物

    firewood

    焚書

    book burning

    落ち葉焚き

    burning fallen leaves

    空焚き

    heating a vessel without water in it

    焚き火

    open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse)

    お火焚

    Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)

    火焚き

    building a fire

    焚刑

    burning at the stake

    焚き染める

    to perfume clothes by burning incense

    香を焚く

    to cense

    焚きつける

    to light (a fire)

    焚きつけ

    kindling

    アロマを焚く

    to burn aromatherapy oils

    沈香も焚かず屁も放らず

    having few faults as well as few virtues

    焚書坑儒

    burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)

    焚掠

    pillaging and setting fire to

    罐焚き

    stoker

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    • 木
    • 火

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    • 焚きつける
    • 焚き火
    • 焚く
    • 焚書
    • 空焚き
    • 焚きつけ
    • 焚き口
    • 焚刑
    • 焚き物
    • 罐焚き
    • 香を焚く
    • 焚き染める
    • 焚書坑儒
    • お火焚
    • 火焚き
    • アロマを焚く
    • 沈香も焚かず屁も放らず
    • 焚掠
    • 焚火の間
    • 大根焚き
    • 落ち葉焚き
    • 焚き上げ

    Similar concepts

    • 爨
    • 煉
    • 煤
    • 楸
    • 森
    • 禁
    • 埜
    • 婪

    Variants

    • 灬

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