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火fire

fire. 4 strokes. 19 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning fireStrokes 4Characters 19

How to write 火

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Stroke order chart for the 火 radical — 4 strokes

What it tells you about a character

Of the 19 characters below, 11 are pictophonetic with 火 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 19 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 火 family

HSK 2 · 1

灯dēng

HSK 3 · 3

烦fán火huǒ烟yān

HSK 4 · 3

炼liàn烧shāo燃rán

HSK 5 · 5

灰huī灾zāi烤kǎo烂làn煤méi

HSK 6 · 7

爆bào炸zhà炒chǎo炎yán灭miè炮pào炉lú

Words they appear in

灯(dēng)a lamp, a light
用来照明的器具
麻(má)烦(fan)trouble
让人费心费力、不好处理的事情
火(huǒ)fire
燃烧时发出光和热的东西
烟(yān)smoke, a cigarette
点着后能用嘴吸的那种东西，也指燃烧时冒出的白气
抽(chōu)烟(yān)to smoke
把香烟点着，吸进又吐出烟雾
灯(dēng)光(guāng)lamplight
灯发出的光亮
电(diàn)灯(dēng)an electric lamp
靠电力发光照明的灯
锻(duàn)炼(liàn)to exercise
通过运动使身体更强壮
烦(fán)vexed
心里不痛快，容易生气着急
发(fā)烧(shāo)to have a fever
身体不舒服，体温升高
燃(rán)料(liào)fuel
能烧起来、给机器提供动力的东西
燃(rán)烧(shāo)to burn
东西着火，冒出火焰和热量
烧(shāo)to cook, to burn
用火把东西加热或做熟
吸(xī)烟(yān)to smoke (cigarettes)
点燃香烟吸入又吐出烟雾