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Kanji Detail for 火 - "fire, to burn, light"

火

  • Meaning

    火 means "fire, to burn, light."

    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.

  • Words using 火

    • 火山 かざん Listen volcano
    • 火災 かさい Listen conflagration; fire
    • 噴火 ふんか Listen eruption; volcanic eruption
    • 火砕流 かさいりゅう Listen pyroclastic flow
    • 放火 ほうか Listen arson; setting fire
    • 戦火 せんか Listen wartime fire; war; wartime destruction
    • 火事 かじ Listen fire; conflagration
    • 出火 しゅっか Listen outbreak of fire

  • Four-character idioms with 火

    • 十字砲火 じゅうじほうか Listen cross fire
    • 新涼灯火 しんりょうとうか Listen the coolness of early autumn is suitable for reading
    • 電光石火 でんこうせっか Listen flash; instant; lightning (speed)
    • 風林火山 ふうりんかざん Listen as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain

  • Origin of 火

    A pictograph of a flame: the central blaze with two sparks flying off its sides.

    How to remember it: A campfire with two sparks jumping off it — fire drawn exactly as it looks.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: fire, to burn, light
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

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  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    bi(び) び

    hi(ひ) ひ

    ho(ほ) ほ

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    fire light to burn burning tuesday arson blaze combustion ember flame furnace glow heat hot ignite illumination inferno kindle scorch shine smolder thermal torch warmth

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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