The 炎 family
炎 · yán · ㄧㄢˊ — flame
Know 炎 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 談、氮、淡、毯. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 談tán · ㄊㄢˊ部首 言 · wordsto talk; to chat; to discuss54%
- 氮dàn · ㄉㄢˋ部首 气 · steam, vapornitrogen (chemistry)54%
- 淡dàn · ㄉㄢˋ部首 氵 三點水 · waterinsipid; diluted54%
- 毯tǎn · ㄊㄢˇ部首 毛 · hairblanket; rug54%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 炎 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 炎 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 54%.
Words this family builds
- 談談
- 談話
- 談論
- 談判
- 交談
- 地毯
- 扯淡
- 毯子
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