火

huǒ
HSK 4
#433 most
frequent character
fire
noun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

火 is a drawing of fire, and its first meaning was simply flame. That grew to mean anger, and then firepower. At the bottom of other characters it is often written 灬.

Drawn as: fire and flames

火 as a component in other characters

meaning82 characters
灵炮灭炸伙灯烧爆灰燃煤烂炼炉焰烛
sound3 characters
伙狄钬
picture25 characters
烟秋烦炎灾煌炭焚耿烬炙煜燎燔烨焱

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Example Sentences

火是很危险的。
huǒ shì hěn wēixiǎn de 。
Fire is very dangerous.
我们围着火聊天。
wǒmen wéi zháohuǒ liáotiān 。
We are chatting around the fire.
他用火来烧水。
tāyòng huǒ lái shāo shuǐ 。
He uses fire to boil water.

Words with similar meanings

焰yàn
flame
焰 refers to the visible part of fire, typically the shape and quality of the flame.

Homophones

伙huǒ
partner, partnership

Words Starting With 火

火车站huǒ chē zhàn
train station
火柴huǒ chái
"match (for lighting fire)
火焰huǒ yàn
blaze; flame
火箭huǒ jiàn
rocket
火药huǒ yào
gunpowder

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