huǒ

fire; hot (popular); fiery or flaming

HSK 2 #433

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 433rd character
Radical ⽕ (86.0)
Strokes 4
Index # 164

Definitions

火 huǒ
  1. 1. fire
  2. 2. hot (popular)
  3. 3. fiery or flaming
  4. 4. urgent
  5. 5. ammunition
  6. 6. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
  7. 7. surname Huo
  8. 8. Kangxi radical 86
  9. 9. classifier for military units (old)

Stroke order

火 stroke order diagram
火 stroke order animation

Words containing 火

Word Meaning
penetrating (vision)
penetrating (vision)
to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard
face any danger; risk one’s life
escape great suffering or hardship
out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
arms; weapons and ammunition; munitions
arms deal
arms deal
arms company
arms company
arsenal
backfire (firefighting)
annealing (metallurgy)
(of an engine) to backfire
to catch fire; to ignite
carrier rocket
carrier rocket
to go too far (in word or deed); over the top
far help can't solve a near crisis
distant help can’t solve a near problem
indestructible vitality; life returns after ruin