火 huǒ▶ fire

Stroke order

火 is written in 4 strokes.

• 火

Senses

1. fire
2. urgent
3. ammunition
4. fiery or flaming
5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
6. hot (popular)
7. classifier for military units (old)
8. Kangxi radical 86

Example sentences

• 火很大，快走。Huǒ hěn dà, kuài zǒu.The fire is big, leave quickly.
• 请小心用火。Qǐng xiǎoxīn yòng huǒ.Please be careful with fire.

Related words

• 火柴Match
• 着火on fire
• 恼火angry; take fire
• 火焰flame
• 火箭rocket
• 火药gunpowder

火 is pronounced huǒ and means “fire”.

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