燃

rán
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frequent character
to burn, to ignite, to light

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

燃 combines 火 fire with 然 rán, which means to burn and also supplies the sound. It first meant to burn, then grew to mean to ignite or light.

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Homophones

然rán
correct, right, so, thus, like this

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