火

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Stroke order

Alternative forms[edit]

灬 (when used as a bottom Chinese radical)

Etymology[edit]

Pictogram (象形)


Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character[edit]

See images of
Radical 86 火

火 (radical 86 火+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火 (F), four-corner 9080₀)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

KangXi: page 665, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18850
Dae Jaweon: page 1073, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2187, character 1
Unihan data for U+706B

Chinese[edit]

		-
simp. and trad.		火

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej.

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huǒ (huo³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo²
Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): fó
Min Dong (BUC): huōi/huō
Min Nan (POJ): hóe / hé
Wu (WT Romanisation): hu (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: huǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Wade-Giles: ho³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo²
  - Yale: fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo²
  - IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵/
Hakka
- Romanisations:
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó
  - IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /fo³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huōi/huō
  - IPA ^(key): /hui³³/, /huo³³/
- Note: huōi - colloquial; huō - literary.
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe / hé
  - Tâi-lô: hué / hé
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴¹/, /he⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³/, /he⁵³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - WT Romanisation: hu (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /hɯ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (火, reconstructed)
Character (火), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 曉 (32) Final: 戈 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 呼果切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/huɑ^X/	/xuɑ^X/	/xuɑ^X/	/huɑ^X/	/hwa^X/	/xuɑ^X/	/xuɑ^X/

Old Chinese pronunciation (火, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character		Modern Beijing (Pinyin)			Middle Chinese		Old Chinese			English
火		huǒ			‹ xwa^X ›		/*[qʷʰ]ˤəjʔ/			fire
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	No.		Phonetic component	Rime group		Rime subdivision		Corresponding MC rime	Old Chinese		Notes
火	5540		火	歌		1		火	/*qʰʷaːlʔ/

Noun[edit]

火

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms

火把 (huǒbǎ)
火把節／火把节
火伴
火棒
火爆 (huǒbào)
火併／火并 (huǒbìng)
火柴 (huǒchái)
火場／火场
火車／火车 (huǒchē)
火車頭／火车头
火熾／火炽
火銃／火铳
火刀
火電／火电
火毒 (huǒdú)
火夫
火攻 (huǒgōng)
火罐兒／火罐儿
火光 (huǒguāng)
火鍋／火锅 (huǒguō)
火海
火海刀山
火紅／火红 (huǒhóng)
火候, 火候兒／火候儿
火花 (huǒhuā)
火花塞
火化
火雞／火鸡 (huǒjī)
火急
火急火燎
火棘
火剪
火鹼／火碱
火箭 (huǒjiàn)
火箭彈／火箭弹
火箭筒
火井
火警
火具
火炬 (huǒjù)
火炕
火坑

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (火):

Japanese: 火 (か, ka)
Korean: 화 (火, hwa)
Vietnamese: hoả (火)

Japanese[edit]

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

火

Wikipedia ^ja

Wikipedia has an article on:

Fire

Wikipedia

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Goon: か (ka) < くわ (kwa)
Kan’on: か (ka) < くわ (kwa)
Tōon: こ (ko)
Kun: ひ (hi), ほ (ho), ふ (fu)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

火炎 (かえん, kaen): flame
火気 (かき, kaki): fire
火器 (かき, kaki): firearms
火急 (かきゅう, kakyū): emergency
火口 (かこう, kakou): crater; (ひぐち, higuchi): torch head, welding tip; (ほくち, hokuchi): tinder, fire starter
火口箱 (ほくちばこ, hokuchibako): tinderbox
火花 (ひばな, hibana)
火災 (かさい, kasai): conflagration
火山 (かざん, kazan): volcano
火山帯 (かざんたい, kazantai): volcanic zone
火山灰 (かざんばい, kazanbai): volcanic ash
火事 (かじ, kaji): fire
火星 (かせい, kasei): Mars
火勢 (かせい, kasei): force of flames
火成岩 (かせいがん, kaseigan): igneous rock
火葬 (かそう, kasō): cremation
火難 (かなん, kanan): fire calamity
火薬 (かやく, kayaku): gunpowder
火の手 (ひのて, hi no te): flames

業火 (ごうか, gōka): hellfire
狐火 (きつねひ, kitsunebi): will o' the wisp, foxfire
鬼火 (おにび, onibi): devil fire; will-o'-the-wisps; a jack-o'-lantern
野火 (やか, yaka): wildfire
火曜日 (かようび, kayōbi): Tuesday
火力 (かりょく, karyoku): steam power, firepower
火遊び (ひあそび, hiasobi): playing with fire
火縄銃 (ひなわじゅう, hinawajū): matchlock
火の車 (ひのくるま, hi no kuruma): a fire-spouting cart in Hell, in which sinners are transported: a metaphor for being in a difficult situation, usually financially
火箸 (ひばし, hibashi): tongs
火偏 (ひへん, hihen): the fire radical (portion of a kanji character)
火元 (ひもと, himoto): origin of a fire
火矢: fire arrow
火影 (ほかげ), hokage): firelight/fire shadow
火傷 (かしょう, kashō; やけど, yakedo): a burn (kind of injury)
花火 (花火, hanabi): fireworks
火球 (かきゅう, kakyū): a fireball
火の鳥 (ひのとり, hi no tori): a phoenix
火鼠 (ひねずみ, hi nezumi): A fire rat/mouse

Etymology 1[edit]

火 (hi, ho, fu, ka): fire.

From Old Japanese. /hi₂/: [pɨ] > [ɸɨ] > [ɸi] > [çi].^[1] See apophonic form ho.

Kanji in this term

火

ひ
Grade: 1

kun'yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun'yomi
(Tokyo) ひ [hí] (Atamadaka - [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [çi]

Noun[edit]

火 (hiragana ひ, romaji hi)

a fire; flames
a light
heat

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

火遊 (ひあそ)び (hi asobi): playing with fire
火先 (ひさき) (hisaki): tip of a flame
篝火 (かがりび) (kagaribi): a fire set in an iron cage-like bucket and used as illumination by guards or hunters; a capable person who gets things done

Idioms[edit]

Idioms

火 (ひ)を見 (み)るよりも明 (あき)らか (hi o miru yori mo akiraka): "clearer than seeing the fire" → as plain as day, as plain as the nose on one's face, as clear as a bell
火蓋 (ひぶた)を切 (き)る (hibuta o kiru): "to open the lid on a cannon's touchhole" → to prepare to fire a cannon; to fire a cannon; to start doing something

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term

火

ほ
Grade: 1

kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. /ho/: [po] > [ɸo] > [ho].^[1] Found in compounds. See apophonic form hi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun'yomi
IPA^(key): [ho̞]

Noun[edit]

火 (hiragana ほ, romaji ho)

a fire

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

火気 (ほけ) (hoke): a flame; heat; smoke
炎, 焔 (ほむら) (homura): flames; metaphorical flames, connoting strong emotions such as anger or jealousy, or such as ambition or passion
炎 (ほのお) (honō): a flame
火照 (ほて)る (hoteru): to feel hot or flushed
火先 (ほさき) (hosaki): tip of a flame

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term

火

ふ
Grade: 1

kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Ancient dialect form in eastern Japan.^[1] Found in compounds.

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun'yomi
IPA^(key): [ɸɯᵝ]

Noun[edit]

火 (hiragana ふ, romaji fu)

a fire

Derived terms[edit]

葦火 (あしふ) (ashifu): ancient eastern Japanese dialect reading for 葦火 (ashibi): a fire using dried reeds as kindling or fuel

Etymology 4[edit]

火（か）: fire in the Wu Xing system

火（か）: Antares in the Scorpio constellation

Kanji in this term

火

か
Grade: 1

on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 火 (xwa^X).^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

On'yomi: Kan'on
(Tokyo) か [ká] (Atamadaka - [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠]

Noun[edit]

火 (hiragana か, romaji ka, historical hiragana くわ)

fire
one of the five classical elements in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine: see the "Wu Xing" entry on Wikipedia
under the old Ritsuryō system of ancient Japan, a military grouping, consisting of 10 soldiers: a squad

Idioms[edit]

火中 (かちゅう)の栗 (くり)を拾 (ひろ)う (kachū no kuri o hirō): “to pick chestnuts out of a fire” → to take a risk

Synonyms[edit]

(squad): (modern Japanese) 分隊 (ぶんたい) (buntai)

Proper noun[edit]

火 (hiragana か, romaji Ka, historical hiragana くわ)

Tuesday
Antares, in the constellation Scorpio

Synonyms[edit]

(Tuesday): 火曜 (かよう) (Kayō), 火曜日 (かようび) (Kayōbi)
(Antares): アンタレス (Antaresu)

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

火 (hwa)
Eumhun:

Sound (hangeul): 화 (revised: hwa, McCune-Reischauer: hwa, Yale: hwa)

Name (hangeul): 불 (revised: bul, McCune-Reischauer: pul, Yale: pul)

fire

Compounds[edit]

Noun[edit]

火 (hwa) (hangeul 화)

fire
anger
(as an abbreviation) Tuesday

Synonyms[edit]

(Tuesday): 화요일 (hwayoil, “Tuesday”)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

火 (hoả, vũ, võ)

This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

[1]

[2]

火

Contents

§Translingual[edit]

§Alternative forms[edit]

§Etymology[edit]

§Han character[edit]

§Derived terms[edit]

§References[edit]

§Chinese[edit]

§Etymology[edit]

§Pronunciation[edit]

§Noun[edit]

§Compounds[edit]

§Descendants[edit]

§Japanese[edit]

§Kanji[edit]

§Readings[edit]

§Compounds[edit]

§Etymology 1[edit]

§Pronunciation[edit]

§Noun[edit]

§Derived terms[edit]

§Idioms[edit]

§Etymology 2[edit]

§Pronunciation[edit]

§Noun[edit]

§Derived terms[edit]

§Etymology 3[edit]

§Pronunciation[edit]

§Noun[edit]

§Derived terms[edit]

§Etymology 4[edit]

§Pronunciation[edit]

§Noun[edit]

§Idioms[edit]

§Synonyms[edit]

§Proper noun[edit]

§Synonyms[edit]

§References[edit]

§Korean[edit]

§Hanja[edit]

§Compounds[edit]

§Noun[edit]

§Synonyms[edit]

§Vietnamese[edit]

§Han character[edit]

Navigation menu

Search

Translingual[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Han character[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Idioms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Idioms[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Noun[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]