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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 ⿻⿰丿丿人(GJKV) or ⿻丷人(HT))

  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 (Schuessler 2007; STEDT). However, see there for phonological problems.

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • huōi - colloquial;
  • huō - literary.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • hé/hér/hóe - vernacular;
    • hóⁿ - literary.
  • Wu
    • 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]ˁəjʔ/
    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. (Cantonese) watt (unit of power)
      Synonyms: 瓦特 (wǎtè), 瓦 (wǎ)
      20火數嘅燈膽 / 20火数嘅灯胆 [Cantonese]  ―  20 fo2 sou3 ge3 dang1 daam2 [Jyutping]  ―  20-watt lightbulb
    16. Short for 火星 (Huǒxīng, “Mars”).

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 火

    DescendantsEdit

    Sino-Xenic (火):

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    火

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    Etymology 1Edit

     
    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ja
     
    English Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia
     
    火 (hi, ho, ka): fire.
    Kanji in this term
    火
    ひ
    Grade: 1
    kun’yomi

    ⟨pi2⟩ → */pʷɨ/ → /ɸi/ → /hi/

    From Old Japanese,[1] from Proto-Japonic *poy.

    Apophonic form of ho (see below), possibly by fusion with emphatic particle い (i). Compare the development of 木 (ko → ki, “tree”).

    Alternative formsEdit

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    火 (hiragana ひ, rōmaji hi)

    1. term relating to fire:
      1. a flame
        Synonyms: 火気 (kaki), ファイア (faia), 炎 (honō)
      2. cooking fire
      3. a firestarter
      4. sparks
      5. heat
        Synonyms: 火熱 (kanetsu), 熱 (netsu)
      6. a conflagration
        Synonyms: 火災 (kasai), 火事 (kaji)
      7. a signal fire
        Synonym: 狼煙 (noroshi)
    2. (by extension) a light
    3. a burning passion
    4. menstruation
      Synonym: 月経 (gekkei)
    Derived termsEdit
    Derived terms
    IdiomsEdit

    Etymology 2Edit

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

    /po/ → /ɸo/ → /ho/

    From Old Japanese.[1]

    Combining form of hi above. 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

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

    /kwa/ → /ka/

    From Middle Chinese 火 (MC huɑX).[1]

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

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

    1. a fire
    2. one of the five classical elements in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine: see   Wu Xing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    3. (historical) under the old 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, a military grouping, consisting of 10 soldiers: a squad
      Synonym: 分隊 (buntai)
    4. Short for 火曜日 (kayōbi): Tuesday
    Derived termsEdit

    AffixEdit

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

    1. fire
    2. light
    3. burning
    4. passion
    5. imminently
    6. explosive

    Proper nounEdit

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

    1. Antares, in the constellation Scorpio
      Synonyms: アンタレス (Antaresu), 大火 (Taika)

    ReferencesEdit

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 (eumhun 불 화 (bul hwa))

    1. fire, heat and light
    2. burning fire
    3. conflagration, fire
    4. yang (in contrast to yin), (figuratively) sun
    5. (as an abbreviation) Mars
    6. club, group, party
    7. companion
    8. an analogy of urgency
    9. to burn, set something on fire
    10. (as an abbreviation) Tuesday

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    Old JapaneseEdit

    Etymology 1Edit

    From Proto-Japonic *poy.

    Apophonic form of po (see below), possibly by fusion with emphatic particle い (i(2)).

    Compare the development of 木 (ko2 → ki2, “tree”).

    NounEdit

    火 (pi2) (kana ひ)

    1. a fire
      • 711–712, Kojiki (poem 24)
        佐泥佐斯佐賀牟能袁怒邇毛由流肥能本那迦邇多知弖斗比斯岐美波母
        sanesasi Sagamu no2 wono1 ni mo1yuru pi2 no2 ponaka ni tatite to1pi1si ki1mi1 pa mo2
        (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    2. (by extension) a light
    Derived termsEdit

    DescendantsEdit

    Etymology 2Edit

    Combining form of pi2 above, probably the older form.

    NounEdit

    火 (po) (kana ほ)

    1. a fire
    Derived termsEdit

    DescendantsEdit

    • Japanese: 火 (ho)

    Etymology 3Edit

    Appears in only one poem in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE) as a compound, see derived term 葦火 (asipu).

      This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page per etymology instructions, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “Eastern OJP variant of hypothetical *⟨po2⟩?”

    NounEdit

    火 (pu) (kana ふ)

    1. (regional, Central Eastern Old Japanese) a fire
    Derived termsEdit

    VietnameseEdit

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