火

huǒ

“Fire” in Chinese is 火 (huǒ).

Other characters with the syllable huo: see all 10 →

Meaning

fire
urgent
ammunition

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fiery or flaming
internal heat (Chinese medicine)
hot (popular)
Kangxi radical 86
surname Huo
classifier for military units (old)

Example

火车来了！

The train is coming!

From 火车 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Words containing 火

火车huǒchētrainHSK 1 着火zháohuǒto catch fireHSK 4 火柴huǒcháimatch (for lighting fire)HSK 5 火腿huǒtuǐhamHSK 5 火灾huǒzāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)HSK 5 火箭huǒjiànrocketHSK 6 点火diǎnhuǒto igniteHSK 7-9 发火fāhuǒto catch fireHSK 7-9

More HSK 1 characters

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