What does 火 mean? | Back to List |
How to remember |
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 | In this case, its just what it looks like. Its a bone fire or a little camp fire. With a flicker of flame coming off each side. |
Info on the Kanji 火 | What's a Kanji? |
| fire | |
| onyomi | KA |
| kunyomi | hi, ho |
| stroke count | 4 |
| grade | 1 |
| jlpt level | N5 |
| Example words with 火 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 火ひ hi | tuesday / fire |
| 下火したび shitabi | burning low / waning / declining |
| 火気かき kaki | fire |
| 火山かざん kazan | volcano |
| 火車かしゃ kasha | fiery chariot / kasha / train / vile old hag |
| 火食ひしょく hi shoku | eating cooked food |
| 火水かすい kasui | fire and water |
| 火先ひさき hi saki | flames / forefront of fire / flame tips |
| 火中かちゅう kachuu | in the fire / in the flames |
| 火木ひき hi ki | tuesdays and thursdays |
| 月火げつか getsuka | monday and tuesday |
| 行火あんか anka | bed warmer / foot warmer |
| 出火しゅっか shukka | outbreak of fire |
| 小火しょうひ shou hi | small fire |
| 水火すいか suika | fire and water |
| 大火たいか taika | large fire |
| 中火ちゅうび chuubi | a medium flame or fire |
| 天火てんぴ tenpi | fire caused by lightning |
| たき火たきひ taki hi | open-air fire / bonfire / open fire |
| とろ火とろひ toro hi | low flame |
| 火のしひのし hi noshi | an iron |
| 火の気ひのき hi no ki | heat of fire / trace of fire |
| 火の見ひのけん hi no ken | fire tower |
| 火の車ひのくるま hi no kuruma | fiery chariot / desperate financial situation / dire straits |
| 火ぶたひぶた hi buta | apron of a gun / cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock |
| 火よけひよけ hi yoke | protection against fire |
| 火入れひいれ hi ire | fire pan / heating / first lighting / firing / kindling / igniting / pasteurization |
| 火木金かもくきん kamokukin | tuesday, thursday and friday |
| 火木土かもくど kamokudo | tue-thurs-sat |
| 休火山きゅうかざん kyuu kazan | dormant volcano |
| 日月火にちげつひ nichigetsu hi | sunday, monday and tuesday |
| かがり火かがりひ kagari hi | fire built in an iron basket / bonfire / campfire / brothel-keeper |
| ともし火ともしひ tomoshi hi | light / lamp / torch |
| 火あぶりひあぶり hi aburi | burning at the stake / burning to death |
| 火がつくひがつく hi gatsuku | to catch fire / to provoke / to catch fire from / to be ignited |
| 火たたきひたたき hi tataki | traditional japanese fire extinguisher |
| 火だるまひだるま hi daruma | body covered with flames |
| 火ともしひともし hi tomoshi | lighting a torch / lighting up a lamp / person who leads a funeral procession with a torch |
| 火ばさみひばさみ hi basami | fire tongs |
| 火ぶくれひぶくれ hi bukure | a blister |
| 火山ガスかざんがす kazan gasu | volcanic gas |
| 下火になるしたびになる shitabi ninaru | to be under control / to burn down / to decline / to drop / to wane |
| 火山ガラスかざんがらす kazan garasu | volcanic glass |
| 火の見やぐらひのみやぐら hi no miya gura | fire lookout / watchtower |
| 火の中水の中ひのなかみずのなか hi no naka mizu no naka | hell and high water |
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| Example Sentences with 火 |
| 小規模の森林火災はみるみる広がり大火災となった。 身命をかけて職務を実践し、すべての警察官の心に火をともしてくれました。 木造建築物は火がつきやすい。 カーテンに火が点いた。 |
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