The kanji 火: meaning, readings and stroke order

火

Meaning: fire
On reading: カ ka
Kun reading: ひ hi、ほ* ho
Strokes: 4
Radical: 火 fire
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lửa (hỏa)
Japanese: ひ。
Korean: 불 (화)
Chinese: 火

Readings, words and example sentences

カ ka · on reading

火か山ざん
volcano
火か山ざんからけむりが出ています。
Smoke is coming out of the volcano.

ひ hi · kun reading

火ひ
fire
火ひに気をつけてください。
Please be careful with fire.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.