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焚

burn, kindle, build a fire, boil, cook

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Readings

On'yomi

  • フン
  • ホン
  • ハン

Kun'yomi

  • た.く
  • や.く
  • やきがり

Meaning

焚 centers on using fire to transform something: burning fuel, kindling flames, building a fire, or cooking by applying heat.

Most common words using 焚

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  • 焚くたく
    N2

    to burn; to kindle; to light (a fire); to make (a fire)

  • 焚き火たきび
    N1

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

  • 焚書ふんしょ

    book burning

  • 焚きつけたきつけ

    kindling; firelighter

  • お火焚おひたき

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

  • アロマを焚くアロマをたく

    to burn aromatherapy oils; to diffuse aromatherapy oils

  • 大根焚きだいこたき

    daikon-offering ceremony (Ryotokuji temple, Kyoto)

  • 沈香も焚かず屁も放らずじんこうもたかずへもひらず

    having few faults as well as few virtues; not burning agarwood (incense); not passing wind

  • 火焚きひたき

    building a fire

  • 火焚きほたき

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

  • 焚きつけるたきつける

    to light (a fire); to kindle

  • 焚き上げたきあげ

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

  • 焚き口たきぐち

    door (of a furnace, stove, etc.); fuel hole

  • 焚き染めるたきしめる

    to perfume clothes by burning incense

  • 焚き火台たきびだい

    fire pit; outdoor brazier; bonfire stand

  • 焚き物たきもの

    firewood

  • 焚刑ふんけい

    burning at the stake

  • 焚掠ふんりゃく

    pillaging and setting fire to

  • 焚書坑儒ふんしょこうじゅ

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

  • 焚火の間たきびのま

    room with a sunken hearth

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Etymology

焚 combines 林 (woods) and 火 (fire), suggesting a fire built from wood. The character likely originated as a depiction of burning trees.

Meaning mnemonic

Picture a forest 林 set ablaze with a fire 火 underneath: the trees burn, kindling a great fire that can be used to boil water or cook food.

Reading mnemonic

For フン, imagine the fun of a campfire: fun -> フン, as you burn wood and cook over the flames.