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火 = 人 + 八
火 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fire”. It is built from 人 (person) and 八 (eight). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 173. It appears as a component in 31 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- fire
- RTK frame
- 173
- Strokes
- 4
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ひ, -び, ほ-
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- огонь
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 火 fire
Decomposition
Alternative decomposition
Characters that contain 火
- 炎 inflammation
- 煩 anxiety
- 灯 lamp
- 畑 farm
- 災 disaster
- 灰 ashes
- 燥 parch
- 荻 reed
- 滅 destroy
- 炊 cook
- 燃 burn
- 秋 autumn
- 炉 hearth
- 焼 bake
- 煙 smoke
- 爆 bomb
- 燐 phosphorus
- 燿 twinkle
- 燎 watchfire
- 炬 torch
- 焚 kindle
- 灸 moxa
- 煽 fanning
- 煤 soot
- 煉 firing
- 燦 dazzling
- 灼 refulgent
- 烙 branding
- 焔 flames
- 燭 candlelight
- 燈 lamp (old)
How to find 火 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “eight”. 火 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 火 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.