The Chinese Radical: 火


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Meaning
fire    火

Explanation Also this radical stands for fire.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
fire, flame
huǒ

Image of a fire
JLPT HSK 3
lamp, light, lantern
dēng
Left: fire , right: nail (here: understood as a torch)
The fire at the torch serves as a lamp. (Whereas the fire on legs is a bright light )
JLPT HSK 3
autumn, fall, harvest time
qiū
Left: rice plant (here: straw), right: fire/to burn
Rice plants (= their straw) are burned: in autumn.
JLPT HSK 3
to roast, to cook, to burn, to stew
shāo
Left: fire , right: Emperor Tang Yao (variation of halberd , table )
The fire shall have (a distance) of a halberd to the table: when roasting.
JLPT HSK 3
to smelt, to refine, to distill
liàn
Left: fire , right: east 东/ (= The sun rises behind a tree in the east.)
With fire and early in the morning [The sun is still behind the tree] we start smelting (the steel).
JLPT HSK 4
conversation, to speak, talk
tán
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: flames (twice fire )
Words like 'flames' make a conversation.
JLPT HSK 4
smoke, soot, cigarette
yān
Left: fire , right: reason (For the fence around the big person is a reason.)
Fire is the reason for smoke.
JLPT HSK 4
community, companion, partner, group, meals
huǒ
Left: person /, right: fire
When people are at the fire, this is forming a community.
JLPT HSK 4
to bother, to trouble, to feel vexed
fán
Left: fire , right: page, leaf, head 页/ (=head with shoulders and eyebrows )
Like a fire in my head, that's how you bother me.
JLPT HSK 4
to roast, to bake, to broil
kǎo
Left: fire , right: to check, verify (From the ground with a stick the seeweed is checked.)
The fire (=its temperature) should be checked before roasting.
JLPT HSK 5
ash, dust, lime, gray, discouraged, dejected
huī
Left: variant of cliff , below: fire
If something is "cliff-like" over the fire, it is the ashes.
JLPT HSK 5
disaster, calamity
zāi
Top: roof , bottom: fire
Under a roof, a raging fire is a disaster.
JLPT HSK 5
cannon, artillery, firecracker
pào
Left: fire , right: enwrap (The wrap itself makes it to be wrapped.)
The fire that is enwrapped is the cannon.
JLPT HSK 5
spirit, departed soul, quick, alert, efficacious, effective
líng
Top: hand /, below: fire
Just as the hand cannot grasp fire, it is with the spirit.
JLPT HSK 5
to burn, to ignite, to enlight, to spark off (hopes)
rán
Left: fire , right: correct, right, so 然 (The body / of the dog was roasted over the fire. Is that correct?)
A fire that grills the body of a dog is: a real fire.
JLPT HSK 5
to deep fry, to explode
zhá, zhà
Left: fire , right: suddenly (The saw fells [the tree] suddenly.)
(Due to the higher temperature:) With fire it is very fast (=sudden) to prepare food if you: deep fry.
JLPT HSK 5
coal
méi
Left: fire , right: a certain (sweet [here: charcoal kiln], tree )
Use fire, a kiln and wood, to make (char)coal.
JLPT HSK 5
rotten, soft, mushy, well-cooked, decompose, chaotic
làn
Left: fire , right: orchid (three 三 petals)
The fire turns the orchid into: soft and rotten.
JLPT HSK 5
to fry shortly, sauté, pan-fry, fried
chǎo
Left: fire , right: few, little (A small stroke is too few)
If the fire is only a little, it is fried shortly.
JLPT HSK 5
dry, parched, impatient
zào
Left: fire , right: gather (3 mouths [= beaks] in a tree , where birds gather.)
At the fire you gather to become dry.
JLPT HSK 5
hot, to burn, to scald, to iron
tàng
Top: soup (Water is made by warming sunshine into: a soup.), bottom: fire
The soup from the fire is: hot and you will burn.
JLPT HSK 6
a furnace, a stove

Left: fire , right: door 戸
The fire (closed by) a door is a furnace.
JLPT HSK 6
to extinguish or put out, wipe out, to drown
miè
Top: a cover , below: fire
Cover the fire to extinguish it.
JLPT HSK 6
flame, inflammation (disease), -itis
yán
2x fire
Two fires: Its getting up in flames!
JLPT HSK 6
scorched, burnt, charred, worried, anxious
jiāo
Top: bird , below: fire
(Chickens are plucked and then scorched to remove the feathers.) The bird on the fire is scorched.
JLPT HSK 6
flame
yàn
Left: fire , right: pitfall (a falling person over a pitfall , but here: flame over a fireplace )
The fire that comes flame-like from a fireplace is: the flame.
JLPT HSK 6
brilliant, shine, splendid, glorious
huáng
Left: fire , right: emperor [=the sun--ray above the king ] (variant of star [= suns with life ])
The fire and the emperor [alternative: 'white star'] are shining brilliantly.
JLPT HSK 6
candle, to illuminate
zhú
Left: fire , right: insect (here: bee 蜂)
The fire that comes from an insect, is the (beeswax) of the candle.
JLPT HSK 6
glorious, bright, brilliant, lustrous, resplendent
càn
Left: fire , right: mountain
A fire on the mountain shines gloriously.
JLPT HSK 6
kitchen stove, furnace
zào
Left: fire , right: earth
The fire on the ground is the kitchen stove.
JLPT HSK 6
bright, luminous
shuò
Left: fire , right: happy (A protected tree is happy.)
A fire makes happy, if it is: bright.
JLPT HSK 6
to extinguish, put out (fire), to wither away

Left: fire , right: breath (I myself and my heart need a breath.)
The fire (loses) its breath, when being extinguished.
JLPT HSK 6
to explode or burst, to quick fry or boil
bào
Left: fire , right: expose/violence (sun [here: frying pan, skillet], variation of together , water )
Fire leads in the frying pan together with water to an explosion.
JLPT HSK 6
to warm or heat by fire, to bake
hōng
Left: fire , right: together, common (Put the plants on the table together.)
At the fire we gather for: warming up by the fire.
JLPT HSK 6
to boast, to show off, to dazzle
xuàn
Left: fire , right: mysterious (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket holds threads with hanging stones that are mysterious.)
Like a fire that is mysterious is: sb. who is boasting.
JLPT HSK 6
to cook food, to steam
chuī
Left: fire , right: lack (top: open mouth/yawning, below: person )
If fire is lacking you can't cook.
JLPT HSK 6
cooking method, to boil
pēng
Top: prosperous (Who makes big/high things to accomplish is prosperous.), bottom: fire
A prosperous use of fire is: to cook.
JLPT HSK 6
to iron
yùn
Top: military officer (This buttocks shows his skillful hand as an officer), bottom: fire
For the military officers you use the fire: for ironing.
JLPT no HSK
honest, upright, bright
gěng
Left: ear , right: fire
If your ear has a fire burning (for an idea): you are honest and upright.
JLPT no HSK
brilliant, lustrous
huàn
Left: fire , right: excellent (shows a woman giving birth; better recognizable in the traditional: 煥 with head , two breasts ハ and spread legs )
Fire is excellent, if it is: brilliant.
JLPT no HSK
swallow (bird), Yan (state of Zhou)
yān, yàn
廿
From top: twenty 廿, north (2 people sit back-to-back because of the north's cold.), mouth , fire
In (groups of) twenty they come from the nord, because of the food (= mouth) and the temperature (=fire): the swallows
JLPT no HSK
luminous, bright, burning, to cauterize
zhuó
Left: fire , right: ladle (here: as a fire pot)
Take the fire into a 'ladle' (fire pot) to make it: bright and luminous.
JLPT no HSK
bright, brilliant, clear
jiǒng
Left: fire , right: 冋 (here: wall with a window )
A fire or a window can make it bright.
JLPT no HSK
Ondol "underfloor heating", a heatable brick bed
kàng
Left: fire , right: overbearing (sturdy person with a broad neck and wearing a cap like: navigator 航)
The fire heats the lying person on this 'table' , the: Ondol
JLPT no HSK
burn
fén
Top: forest , bottom: fire
In the forest is a fire, that is burning!
JLPT no HSK
to smelt, to fuse
róng
Left: fire , right: appearance (The houses in the valley are an appearance.)
Fire causes the "appearance" of smelting.
JLPT no HSK
fan into a flame, incite
shān
Left: fire , right: fan, ventilator 扇 (Gates 戸 and wings are hinged like fans.)
At the fire you use a fan for inciting.
JLPT no HSK
brilliant, bright, luminous
bǐng
Left: fire , right: third (one outside, two λ strokes inside makes 3)
The fire ahould be threefold to be brilliant.
JLPT no HSK
to burn, to blaze, splendid, illustrious
chì
Left: fire , right: alone (one mouth of eight is just alone)
Fire does simply (= alone), that it is burning.
JLPT no HSK
a glimmer, twinkling, fluorescence, dazzled
yíng
From above: plant , cover , fire
If plants are a cover for the fire, it appears glimmering.
JLPT no HSK
torch

Left: fire , right: huge (staring eye)
A fire that shines hugely is: the torch.
JLPT no HSK
to bake (in a pan), to iron, to brand
lào
Left: fire , right: every (Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody)
The fire is used by everybody for: baking.
JLPT no HSK
ashes, embers
jìn
Left: fire , right: to the greatest extent, to exhaust 尽 (Two units are the greatest extent)
After the fire had its greatest extend, it becomes: ashes.
JLPT no HSK
to roast, BBQ, to broil, to toast
zhì
Top: meat / lying flatly (as known for example from sacrifice ), below: fire
If the meat is over the fire, then it is roasted.
JLPT no HSK
brilliant, glorious

Left: fire , right: bright 昱 (The sun stands upright and bright.)
A fire that is like a 'standing sun', is: brilliant.
JLPT no HSK
stew, stew slowly
dùn
Left: fire , right: barracks (On fertile ground, where growing shoots pierced the ground they built a barracks.
The fire in the barracks is used for: stewing.
JLPT no HSK
roasting, to dry over a fire, to bake
bèi
Left: fire , right: spit (stand with open mouth and spit) Here: as a BBQ-grill
You need fire and sth. stands on the grill, when: roasting.
JLPT no HSK
beacon fire
fēng
Left: fire , right: to sharp/pointed (sitting cross-legged on top of growing plant , like at 'bee' 蜂)
The fire that is at the top (like sitting on-top of growing plant) is: a beacon fire.

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