Kanji

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Meaning: kindling fire

Kunyomi: おこ.る おこ.す さかん

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: fire

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シレツ fierce (fight, competition, etc.), severe, hot, hard, bitter, keen, cutthroat

シジョウ vigor (like leaping flames), liveliness

Kunyomi Examples

おこる to catch fire (of charcoal), to start burning, to burn away, to burn merrily

おこす to build (a fire), to make, to start, to light