Meaning
fire; flame
Chinese: 火焰、燃烧或热。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “huo” becomes a different word in each tone. 火 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 火车huǒ chētrain
- 火车站huǒ chē zhàntrain station
- 着火zháo huǒto catch fire
- 火灾huǒ zāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
- 火腿huǒ tuǐham
Example Sentence
夜晚的灯火照亮了回家的路。Yè wǎn de dēng huǒ zhào liàng le huí jiā de lù.The lights at night brighten the road home.
夜晚Yè wǎnnight的deof灯火dēng huǒlights照亮zhào liàngto illuminate了le(completed action)回家huí jiāto return home的deof路lùroad (CL:条)。
Memory Note
The shape can be imagined as flames rising and spreading outward, making fire easy to remember.
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of a flame rising to a point with sparks on either side. At the bottom of a character it is written 灬, as in 热, 点, 照.
A way to remember it
A central flame with two sparks leaping off the sides.
Easy to confuse with
- 灬The four-dot ‘fire’ radical: the same 火 flattened into four dots at a character’s base.