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火

火 U+706B, 火
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-706B
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TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 

Alternative formsEdit

  • 灬 (when used as a bottom Chinese radical)

Han characterEdit

 
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Radical 86 火

火 (radical 86 火+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火 (F), four-corner 90800, composition ⿱八人)

  1. Kangxi radical #86, ⽕.

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 665, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18850
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1073, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2187, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+706B

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 火

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 火
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
             
Characters in the same phonetic series (火) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
火 *qʰʷaːlʔ
邩 *qʰʷaːlʔ
伙 *qʰʷaːlʔ

Pictogram (象形) – pictographic representation of a fire.

EtymologyEdit

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej.

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • huōi - colloquial;
  • huō - literary.
Note:
  • hóⁿ - literary;
  • hér/hé/hóe - vernacular.
Rime
Character 火
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 呼果切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /huɑX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /huɑX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xuɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hwaX/
Li
Rong		 /xuɑX/
Wang
Li		 /xuɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xuɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huǒ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 火
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huǒ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xwaX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[qʷʰ]ˤəjʔ/
English fire

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 火
Reading # 1/1
No. 5540
Phonetic
component		 火
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 火
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰʷaːlʔ/

DefinitionsEdit

火

  1. fire; flame
  2. fire (as a disaster); inferno
  3. red; fiery; bright; brilliant
  4. to burn down
  5. light; torch
  6. anger; rage; wrath
  7. to become enraged
  8. angry; furious
  9. (traditional Chinese medicine) internal heat
  10. firearm; ammunition; weapon
  11. war; warfare
  12. thriving; brisk
  13. urgent; pressing
  14. (neologism) to become popular; to go viral
  15. Short for 火星 (Huǒxīng, “Mars”).

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 火

DescendantsEdit

Sino-Xenic (火):
  • Japanese: 火 (か) (ka)
  • Korean: 화 (火, hwa)
  • Vietnamese: hoả (火)

JapaneseEdit

 
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Wikipedia has an article on:
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KanjiEdit

火

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. fire

ReadingsEdit

CompoundsEdit

Compounds

Etymology 1Edit

 
火 (hi, ho, fu, ka): fire.
Kanji in this term
火
ひ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. /hi2/: [pɨ] > [ɸɨ] > [ɸi] > [çi].[1]

Possibly a later development from older form ho (see below).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

火 (hiragana ひ, rōmaji hi)

  1. a fire; flames
  2. a light
  3. heat
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
IdiomsEdit
Idioms

Etymology 2Edit

Kanji in this term
火
ほ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. /ho/: [po] > [ɸo] > [ho].[1]

Only used in compounds, whereas hi (see above) appears even in ancient texts as a standalone term. Probably the oldest form. Possibly cognate with Korean 불 (bul, “fire”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

火 (hiragana ほ, rōmaji ho)

  1. a fire
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms

Etymology 3Edit

Kanji in this term
火
ふ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Ancient dialect form in eastern Japan.[1] Found in compounds.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

火 (hiragana ふ, rōmaji fu)

  1. a fire
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

 
火（か）: fire in the Wu Xing system
 
火（か）: Antares in the Scorpio constellation
Kanji in this term
火
か
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 火 (xwaX).[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

火 (hiragana か, rōmaji ka, historical hiragana くわ)

  1. fire
  2. one of the five classical elements in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine: see the "Wu Xing" entry on Wikipedia
  3. under the old Ritsuryō system of ancient Japan, a military grouping, consisting of 10 soldiers: a squad
IdiomsEdit
SynonymsEdit

Proper nounEdit

火 (hiragana か, rōmaji Ka, historical hiragana くわ)

  1. Tuesday
  2. Antares, in the constellation Scorpio
SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

火 • (hwa)

  1. fire

CompoundsEdit

NounEdit

火 • (hwa) (hangeul 화)

  1. fire
  2. anger
  3. (as an abbreviation) Tuesday

SynonymsEdit

  • (Tuesday): 화요일 (hwayoil, “Tuesday”)

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

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