火药 huǒyào▶ mesiu

Stroke order

火药 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 火 — 4 strokes
• 药 — 9 strokes

Related words

• 恼火marah; naik pitam
• 火焰nyala api
• 火箭roket
• 涮火锅makan hotpot
• 火柴Pertandingan, cocok
• 着火terbakar

火药 is pronounced huǒyào and means “mesiu”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 火药 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.