Kanji

火

火

fire

Kanji

Grade

Grade 1

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

火部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ひ, -び, ほ-

Nanori (Name Reading)

ひ, ほ

Common Readings

カ, ひ, ほ

Example sentences

火 ひ
火 の 用心 に 気 を つけて ください 。

Please be careful with fire.

勢い いきおい
火 の 勢い が 強くて 近づけません 。

The fire is so strong that I can't get close.

花火 はなび
夜空 に 大きな 花火 が 打ち上がった 。

A large firework went up in the night sky.

わあっ わあっ
美しい 花火 に 、 みんな が わあっ と 声 を 上げた 。

Everyone shouted 'wow' at the beautiful fireworks.

火事 かじ
近所 で 火事 が あった ので 、 辺り は 騒然 と していた 。

There was a fire in the neighborhood, so the area was in an uproar.

何もかも なにもかも
火事 で 何もかも 失った 。

Everything was lost in the fire.

火傷 やけど
ストーブ に 触れて 、 手 に ひどい 火傷 を 負った 。

I touched the stove and suffered a severe burn on my hand.

舌 した
熱い スープ を 飲んで 、 舌 を 火傷 した 。

I burned my tongue drinking hot soup.

火花 ひばな
機械 から 激しい 火花 が 飛び散っている 。

Intense sparks are flying from the machine.

火をつける ひをつける
キャンプ で 薪 に 火をつけた 。

I lit the firewood at the camp.

Example Vocabulary

火

ひ

fire; flame

花火

はなび

fireworks

火事

かじ

fire; conflagration; blaze

火傷

やけど

burn; scald

火花

ひばな

spark; sparkle

火をつける

ひをつける

to light a fire; to set fire to

火照る

ほてる

to flush; to feel hot

火力

かりょく

firepower; heat strength

火炎

かえん

flame; blaze

火薬

かやく

gunpowder

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