Kanji

fire

Kanji

Grade

Grade 1

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

火部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ひ, -び, ほ-

Nanori (Name Reading)

ひ, ほ

Common Readings

カ, ひ, ほ

Example sentences

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.

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.

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