火
fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #113 U+706B
How 火 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
Flames
How to remember it
fire · Heisig RSH #170
— as a component also called: flames, fireplace, cooking fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 火 as their sound component
These characters all use 火 (huǒ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火 sound component | huǒ | fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage |
| 伙 | huǒ | companion, colleague; utensils |
| 狄 | dí | barbarians; a tribe from northern China; surname |
| 钬 | huǒ | holmium |
Words containing 火
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火山学 | huǒ shān xué | volcanology |
| 大火 | dà huǒ | conflagration; large fire; CL:場|场[chang2] |
| 火大 | huǒ dà | to get mad; to be very angry |
| 山火 | shān huǒ | wildfire; forest fire |
| 火山 | huǒ shān | volcano |
| 火山口 | huǒ shān kǒu | volcanic crater |
| 生火 | shēng huǒ | to make a fire; to light a fire |
| 火车头 | huǒ chē tóu | train engine; locomotive |
| 电火花 | diàn huǒ huā | electric spark |
| 火力发电 | huǒ lì fā diàn | thermal power generation |
| 火儿 | huǒ r | fire; fury; angry |
| 火海 | huǒ hǎi | a sea of flames |
| 火机 | huǒ jī | see 打火機|打火机[da3 huo3 ji1] |
| 水火无情 | shuǐ huǒ wú qíng | fire and flood have no mercy (idiom) |
| 打火机 | dǎ huǒ jī | lighter; cigarette lighter |
| 火化 | huǒ huà | to cremate; to incinerate |
| 火花 | huǒ huā | spark; sparkle |
| 花火 | huā huǒ | firework |
| 上火 | shàng huǒ | to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) |
| 火气 | huǒ qì | anger; internal heat (TCM) |