炎 (yán)
inflammation; scorching hot
How 炎 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Traditional
- 炎
- Simplified
- 炎 (unchanged)
Common words using 炎
- 消炎 xiāoyán
- to reduce fever; antipyretic; to decrease inflammation
- 炎症 yánzhèng
- inflammation
- 發炎 fāyán
- to become inflamed; inflammation
- 胃炎 wèiyán
- gastritis
- 鼻炎 bíyán
- rhinitis
- 中耳炎 zhōngěryán
- inflammation of middle ear; otitis media
- 乳腺炎 rǔxiànyán
- mastitis
- 咽炎 yānyán
- pharyngitis
- 支氣管炎 zhīqìguǎnyán
- bronchitis
- 氣管炎 qìguǎnyán
- bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus); henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得严 used in comic theater)
- 消炎藥 xiāoyányào
- antibiotic medicine
- 炎夏 yánxià
- hot summer; scorching summer
炎 in a sentence
我的傷口發炎了，紅紅腫腫的。
Wǒ de shāngkǒu fāyán le, hónghóng zhǒngzhǒng de.
“My wound is inflamed; it's red and swollen.”
How common is 炎?
炎 is the 1,322nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.1% of all running text.
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