火 (Huǒ): meaning and stroke order
火 (Huǒ) means surname Huo, fire, urgent, ammunition, fiery or flaming, internal heat (Chinese medicine).
火
- Simplified
- 火
- Traditional
- 火 (same form)
- Pinyin
- Huǒ
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Stroke order of 火
火
- Huǒ surname Huo
- huǒ fire; urgent
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 火
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Huǒ
- surname Huo
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huǒ
- fire
- urgent
- ammunition
- fiery or flaming
- internal heat (Chinese medicine)
- hot (popular)
- classifier for military units (old)
- Kangxi radical 86
Radical and structure
- 火
- Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 4 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 火
- 大火 dà huǒ conflagration; large fire; CL:場|场[chang2]
- 火神 huǒ shén god of fire
- 火车 huǒ chē train; CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]
- 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire; to light a fire
- 火球 huǒ qiú fireball
- 放火 fàng huǒ to set on fire; to commit arson
- 着火 zháo huǒ to catch fire
- 火候 huǒ hou heat control; (fig.) mastery
- 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking)
- 风火轮 fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting; (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Ne2 zha5]
- 火车站 huǒ chē zhàn train station
- 火眼金睛 huǒ yǎn jīn jīng piercing eyes; discerning eyes
火 in our stories
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很久以前，天上有十个太阳，地上热得像火一样。
hěn jiǔ yǐqián tiān shàng yǒu shí gè tàiyáng dì shàng rè de xiàng huǒ yíyàng
Long ago there were ten suns in the sky, and the earth was as hot as fire.
From the story Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
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更可怕的是，天空破了一个大窟窿，大火从天上烧下来，洪水从地下涌出来，猛兽四处伤人。
gèng kěpà de shì tiānkōng pò le yí gè dà kūlong dà huǒ cóng tiān shàng shāo xiàlai hóngshuǐ cóng dì xià yǒng chūlai měngshòu sìchù shāng rén
Worse still, a great hole tore open in the sky: fire rained down from above, floods gushed up from below, and wild beasts attacked people everywhere.
From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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大火烧了三天三夜，却始终没有人走出来。火灭后，人们在一棵烧焦的柳树下，发现了母子两人的遗体。
dàhuǒ shāo le sān tiān sān yè què shǐzhōng méiyǒu rén zǒu chūlai huǒ miè hòu rénmen zài yì kē shāojiāo de liǔshù xià fāxiàn le mǔzǐ liǎng rén de yítǐ
The fire burned for three days and three nights, yet nobody ever came out. When it died down, they found mother and son dead beneath a scorched willow.
From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 火
- Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).