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Kanji Detail for 火 - "fire, flame, passion"

火

  • Meaning

    火 means "fire, flame, passion."

    1. Fire - Flames; the light and heat produced when something burns.

    2. Light - A lamp; illumination; torch.

    3. To burn - To set fire to; to be consumed by flames; to kindle.

    4. To hurry - To rush; to be urgent; to be pressed for time.

    5. Fire element - One of the five elements; associated with the south direction and the color red.

    6. Tuesday - One of the seven days of the week.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fire

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fire, flame; burn; anger, rage

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Huo

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The light and heat produced when matter burns. Because of its heat there are cooking methods; because of its light there is illumination. Hence it is a daily necessity. One of the ancient Five Elements. | To burn. When palaces are destroyed by fire, anciently it was called either 火 or 災, similar to today's saying "catching fire" or "fire disaster." | In the ancient military system, ten men formed a 火 (fire unit). Hence people in the same unit are called 火伴 (fire companions). | Used metaphorically for urgent matters. As in 火速 (with fire-like speed). Urgent commands using fire tablets and fire tickets all carry this meaning. | Anger. Colloquially also called 動火 (stirring the fire). | 大火 (Great Fire). A star name. The Heart constellation. Also called the Shang star. (Book of Odes) "In the seventh month the Fire Star declines." | 火星 (Fire Star). Mars. One of the planets. Its orbit is between Earth and Jupiter.
  • Onyomitip

    ka(か) か

    ko(こ) こ

  • Kunyomitip

    hi(ひ) ひ

    ho(ほ) ほ

  • Strokestip

    4 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords
    fire flame blaze burn heat warmth passion energy light torch ignite kindle spark combustion inferno ardor enthusiasm fervor intensity radiance

Sentences including 火

  • All of a sudden , a fire broke out in the movie theater.

  • There is no smoke without fire.

  • He was burned to death in the fire.

  • A fire may happen at any moment.

  • Please keep the fire from going out.

  • Would you please put out your cigarette?

  • Did you hear about the fire yesterday?

  • There was a big fire last night.

  • Come on tuesday , if possible.

  • I found that his house was on fire.

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