火

火

🔊 huǒ = hu + o3

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

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How to pronounce 火

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

huǒ

= hu initial

Hu is for Helga Horse.

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+ o3 final

In the observatory’s living room.

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火 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

• 火
  • 人
    • 丿
    • ㇏
  • 丶

Component Translations

人

🔊 rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

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丶

🔊 zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

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Characters with 火 as component

秋 灯 炎 烟 灭 炒 煌 焚 灼 灶 焊 灸 伙 煲 炼 熄 烦 灾 炸 灵 灿 炖 烂 烁 烛 炊 烤 炫 荧 炮 烫 炉 煽 耿 燃 灰 煤 烘 爆 焕 燥 烧 炬 焰 炗 炏 烕 燈 狄 災 燒 煙 炳 烯 烷 爐 煩 燦 熔 爛 煉 畑 煥 燮 煜 炯 煒 燭 焱 烽 熾 炜 焯 炱 煊 燁 烨 燧 煇 炔 熵 烙 焜 炽 炙 炀 焙 燿 炘 煬 炅 熒 烴 焼 燙 爍 熠 燉 燬 烜 焗 燼 燻 炤 烺 熨 燐 炕 炆 煖 焓 燹 烬 煨 燴 烊 烔 烱 煃 熜 燔 焖 燠 烩 爔 钬 炌 炟 炷 焌 焔 焞 焴 煐 熲 熿 燏 爌 爓 煅 煸 燜 燡 燽 爚 爝 爟 焢 煴 熇 熥 颎 燚 鈥 倐 灮 灴 灺 炣 炲 炴 炻 炾 烀 烉 烓 烖 烗 烳 烶 焃 焆 焈 焐 焟 焠 焮 焿 煁 煆 煋 煍 煏 煑 煓 煗 煝 煟 煠 煰 煳 煺 煻 熀 熁 熉 炝 熗 熘 熛 熤 熰 熳 熴 熸 燀 燂 燇 燋 燖 燗 燨 燰 燶 爊 爕 爤 爥 疢 秌 齌

燰

🔊 wēi = w + ei1

old variant of 煨[wei1]

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㶶

燶

🔊 nóng = nu + (e)ng2

(dialect) to burn / to scorch

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爊

🔊 āo = Ø + ao1

variant of 熬[ao1]

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