火 — how to write the kanji for “fire”
火 (“fire”) is a JLPT N5 kanji taught in first grade in Japan. As one of the 214 traditional radicals it heads 207 kanji in KANJIDIC2. On its own it is the word hi, “fire; flame”. Read ka, it forms 火山 (“volcano”), 火災 (“conflagration”) and 噴火 (“eruption”); the native reading hi gives 花火 (“fireworks”). Chinese reads it huǒ, “fire”, at HSK 1.
- Strokes
- 4
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 火 (“fire”)
- On
- カ
- Kun
- ひ, -び, ほ-
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Dot ㇔top leftdown and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top rightdown and left
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdownwards → down and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏centerdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 4 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- カ ka
- Kun (native)
- ひ hi, -び -bi, ほ- ho- (rare)
- Meanings
- fire
- Read ka
- 火山 火災 噴火 火砕流 戦火 火事
- Read hi
- 花火
- School year
- first grade
- Newspaper rank
- 574th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 화 hwa
- Common words
- 42 in JMdict
Words with 火
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火山 | かざん kazan | volcano |
| 火災 | かさい kasai | conflagration; fire |
| 噴火 | ふんか funka | eruption; volcanic eruption |
| 火砕流 | かさいりゅう kasairyuu | pyroclastic flow |
| 放火 | ほうか houka | arson; setting fire |
| 戦火 | せんか senka | wartime fire; war |
| 火事 | かじ kaji | fire; conflagration |
| 花火 | はなび hanabi | fireworks |
| 出火 | しゅっか shukka | outbreak of fire |
| 火力 | かりょく karyoku | heating power; thermal power |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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