Kanji
火
kanji character
fire
火 kanji-火 fire
火
Meaning
fire
Readings
Kun'yomi
- ひ ばな spark
- ひ だね live coals (for firelighting)
- とび ひ leaping flames
- はな び fireworks
- くち び fuse
- した び burning low
- ほ かげ firelight
- ほ や lamp chimney
- ほ くそ tinder
On'yomi
- か さい conflagration
- か ざん volcano
- しょう か small fire
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Common Words
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火 Tuesday, fire (second of the five elements) -
火 災 conflagration, fire -
火 山 volcano -
火 燵 kotatsu, table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well) -
小 火 small fire -
火 事 fire, conflagration -
火 星 Mars (planet) -
火 薬 gunpowder, powder -
火 力 heating power, thermal power, firepower -
灯 火 light, lamp, torch -
噴 火 eruption, volcanic eruption -
放 火 arson, setting fire -
煙 火 fireworks -
花 火 fireworks -
消 火 extinguishing a fire, fire fighting -
消 火 器 fire extinguisher -
火 花 spark -
火 曜 Tuesday -
防 火 fire prevention, fire control, fireproofing -
火 傷 burn, scald -
発 火 ignition, combustion, catching fire... -
火 曜 日 Tuesday -
点 火 light, lamp -
戦 火 wartime fire, war, wartime destruction... -
火 砕 流 pyroclastic flow -
火 災 流 pyroclastic flow -
火 器 firearms, guns -
火 口 tinder, touchwood, charcloth -
火 種 live coals (for firelighting), cause (of disturbance, conflict... -
火 葬 cremation