EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building)

    家は炎上していた。
    The house was in flames.
  2. stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

    Colloquial

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

inflammation, flame, blaze

Kun
ほのお
On
エン
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1242 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Used in names as

ぬく

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-4-4SKIP code
4d4.4The Kanji Dictionary
9080.9Four corner code
1162deroo
708eUnicode hex code
1-17-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2751Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3404New Nelson (John Haig)
2420New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3075Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1568Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
162Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
174Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1231A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
697Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1727Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18910Morohashi
1024A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1336Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1419Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1513Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1207Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1803Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1264Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
164Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
yeomKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

above, up

Kun
うえ、-うえ、うわ-、かみ、あ.げる、-あ.げる、あ.がる、-あ.がる、あ.がり、-あ.がり、のぼ.る、のぼ.り、のぼ.せる、のぼ.す、たてまつ.る
On
ジョウ、ショウ、シャン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
35 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

あおい、あげ、い、か、かき、かず、かん、こう、のぼり、ほつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-2SKIP code
2m1.1The Kanji Dictionary
2110.0Four corner code
1272deroo
4e0aUnicode hex code
1-30-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
798Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
10New Nelson (John Haig)
3404New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4212Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2128Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2876Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
49Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
50Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
21A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
47Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
29Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13Morohashi
37A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
32Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
32Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20sakade
5Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
23henshall3
12Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
29crowley
31Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
6Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
49Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shang4, shang3Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level