火

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: ひ・ほ

画数かくすう: 4 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: Self

Meaning

Fire; flame

  • — fire
  • 火山かざん — volcano
  • 火事かじ — fire (incident)
  • 火曜日かようび — Tuesday
  • 火花ひばな — spark
  • 花火はなび — fireworks
  • 点火てんか — ignition
  • 火照ほてる — to feel hot or flushed

The pictograph for “火” resembles flames rising upward. As one of the classical elements in Chinese cosmology, it also appears in calendar terms, traditional medicine, and idioms expressing emotion, passion, or danger.

使つかう ときは をつけましょう。
Be careful when using fire.

火山かざん噴火ふんかしました。
The volcano erupted.

事
Creates
火事かじ:Fire (incident)
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