Wood burns.
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燃
rán
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rán · jin4 (Jyutping)
- to burn
- to ignite
- to light
- fig. to spark off (hopes)
- to start (debate)
- to raise (hopes)
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
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