fire

Origin & mnemonic

The fire radical 火 derives from a pictograph of flames in oracle-bone and seal script. The leaping flames are depicted by three horizontal strokes with a central vertical stroke forming the stem.

Mnemonic: Three stacked horizontal strokes around a central vertical line mimic the shape of dancing flames.

• 火huǒ🔊

  fire

  HSK 3

  4 strokes

• 灬huǒ🔊

  "fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc

  4 strokes

• 灭miè🔊

  to extinguish or put out

  HSK 6

  5 strokes

• 灯dēng🔊

  lamp

  HSK 2

  6 strokes

• 灰huī🔊

  ash

  HSK 7

  6 strokes

• 灮guāng🔊

  old variant of 光[guang1]

  6 strokes

• 灿càn🔊

  glorious

  7 strokes

• 灸jiǔ🔊

  moxibustion (TCM)

  7 strokes

• 灴hóng🔊

  to bake, to roast

  7 strokes

• 灶zào🔊

  kitchen stove

  7 strokes

• 灺xiè🔊

  (literary) candle stub

  7 strokes

• 灼zhuó🔊

  to burn; to sear; to scorch

  7 strokes

• 灾zāi🔊

  old variant of 災|灾[zai1]

  HSK 5

  7 strokes

• 炀yáng🔊

  molten

  7 strokes

• 炒chǎo🔊

  to sauté; to stir-fry

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 炖dùn🔊

  to stew

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 炊chuī🔊

  to cook food

  8 strokes

• 炉lú🔊

  stove

  8 strokes

• 炎yán🔊

  flame

  8 strokes

• 炁qì🔊

  (Daoism) Qi; vital force; life force (variant of 氣|气[qi4])

  8 strokes

• 炅jiǒng🔊

  (literary) bright

  8 strokes

• 炆wén🔊

  (Cantonese) to simmer

  8 strokes

• 炌kài🔊

  flaming fire

  8 strokes

• 炏yán🔊

  old variant of 炎[yan2]

  8 strokes

• 炔quē🔊

  alkyne

  8 strokes

• 炕kàng🔊

  kang (a heatable brick bed)

  8 strokes

• 炗guāng🔊

  old variant of 光[guang1]

  8 strokes

• 炘xīn🔊

  mid-day glare

  8 strokes

• 炙zhì🔊

  to broil

  8 strokes

• 炜wěi🔊

  glowing

  8 strokes

• 炝qiàng🔊

  to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc

  8 strokes

• 炬jù🔊

  torch

  8 strokes

• 𬉼ǒu🔊

  copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood

  8 strokes

• 为wèi🔊

  variant of 為|为[wei4]

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 点diǎn🔊

  HSK 1

  9 strokes

• 烂làn🔊

  soft; mushy

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 炸zhà🔊

  to burst; to explode

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 炳bǐng🔊

  bright

  9 strokes

• 炮pào🔊

  cannon

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 炫xuàn🔊

  to dazzle

  9 strokes

• 畑tián🔊

  used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc

  9 strokes

• 炟dá🔊

  (used in transliterating foreign words)

  9 strokes

• 炣kě🔊

  (literary) fire

  9 strokes

• 炤Zhào🔊

  surname Zhao

  9 strokes

• 炭tàn🔊

  wood charcoal

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 炯jiǒng🔊

  bright

  9 strokes

• 炰páo🔊

  to roast

  9 strokes

• 炱tái🔊

  soot

  9 strokes