灬

See also: 火, ⺣, and 㣺

灬 U+706C, 灬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-706C ← 火 [U+706B] CJK Unified Ideographs 灭 → [U+706D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Glyph origin

Simplified from 火 when used as a bottom radical. Compare 煑 and 煮.

Han character

灬 (radical 86, 火+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹火 (HF))

1. radical number 86

Usage notes

A graphically similar but etymologically unrelated bottom component is used in several animal characters, notably 馬 (“horse”), 鳥 (“bird”), 烏 (“black, dark (was crow)”), 魚 (“fish”), indicating variously legs, claws, or fin.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/火
• 黑 (黒)

Descendants

Simplified as a horizontal line, as in 魚 → 鱼 or 馬 → 马, or (unofficially) as 大, as in 魚 → 𩵋 or 点 → 奌.

See also

• 馬 鳥 魚

References

• KangXi: page 665, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18851
• Dae Jaweon: page 1074, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2187, character 2
• Unihan data for U+706C

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 灬 – see 火 (“fire; flame; fire; inferno; etc.”). (This character, 灬, is a variant form of 火.)

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Japanese

Kanji

灬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひょう (hyō), か (ka)
• Kun: れっか (rekka), retsuka

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: hỏa/hoả

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