燃 (rán)

to burn; to ignite

How 燃 is written

Strokes
16
Radical
火 — fire
Traditional
燃
Simplified
燃 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 燃

燃放 ránfàng
to light; to set off (firecrackers etc)
燃燒 ránshāo
to ignite; to combust; to burn
點燃 diǎnrán
to ignite; to set on fire; aflame
燃料 ránliào
fuel
燃氣 ránqì
natural gas
燃油 rányóu
fuel oil
燃起 ránqǐ
to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
自燃 zìrán
spontaneous combustion
內燃 nèirán
internal combustion (engine)
內燃機 nèiránjī
internal combustion engine
可燃性 kěránxìng
flammable; flammability
易燃物 yìránwù
flammable substance

燃 in a sentence

運動可以幫助燃燒脂肪。

Yùndòng kěyǐ bāngzhù ránshāo zhīfáng.

“Exercise can help burn fat.”

How common is 燃?

燃 is the 1,551st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.9% of all running text.

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