noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
flammable; combustible; burnable
Used for materials or substances that can catch fire and burn. Often appears in compound terms like 可燃性 (flammability) or 可燃ごみ (burnable trash).
Please do not place flammable materials near open flames.
In this area, burnable trash is collected every Tuesday.
可燃 describes materials that burn easily, the opposite of 耐火, which describes materials that resist fire.
Compound of 可 (ka, 'possible') and 燃 (nen, 'burn'), literally meaning 'able to burn'. The kanji combination follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation.