huǒ

fire

Pictograph of fire.

Evolution

火 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
火 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
火 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
火 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huǒ

fire, flame; burn; anger, rage; fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86

 

Huǒ

surname Huo

Most common words with 火
Freq.
Word
Meaning

fire

火车

train

火箭

rocket

火灾

fire (that burns buildings etc)

火锅

hotpot

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

Iconic component in 15 characters (15 verified)

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[qʷʰ]ˤəjʔ

xwaX

huǒ

fire


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 74.1631% of movies

378th most common character in movies

433rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+706B

Shuowen

“火,燬也。南方之行,炎而上,象形。”


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