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火 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「火」

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10Elementary year 1 ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「火」
On
カか · ka
Kun
ひ・ほhi · ho
Meaning
fire

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of rising flames.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカかka火災かさい灯火とうか発火はっか
Kunひhi火ひ火花ひばな炭火すみび

Compare: 灯

Kunほho火影ほかげ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 火曜日かようび

    Tuesday

  • 火山かざん

    volcano

More words with this kanji

  • 花火はなび
  • 火口湖かこうこ
  • 消火しょうか
  • 火災かさい
  • 聖火せいか
  • 噴火ふんか

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

火(ひ)を つけます。

I light a fire.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

火山火曜日火曜日火山mounta…日sun曜day of…灯lamp灰ash灼to bur…灸moxibu…災disast…下down花flower化change夭to die…戈halber…
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Compound

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