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火
huǒ
1. fire
2. urgent
3. ammunition
4. fiery or flaming
5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
6. hot (popular)
7. classifier for military units (old)
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

火
huǒ
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
HSK 2 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

上火
shànghuǒ
to get angry
交火
jiāohuǒ
firefight
仗火
zhànghuǒ
battle
来火
láihuǒ
to get angry
借火
jièhuǒ
to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
停火
tínghuǒ
to cease fire
冒火
màohuǒ
to get angry
冰火
bīnghuǒ
fire and ice
去火
qùhuǒ
to reduce internal heat (TCM)
向火
xiànghuǒ
to warm oneself facing the fire
喷火
pēnhuǒ
to shoot flames
回火
huíhuǒ
to temper (iron)
大火
dàhuǒ
conflagration
失火
shīhuǒ
to catch fire
如火
rúhuǒ
fiery
封火
fēnghuǒ
to cover a fire (to make it burn slowly)
对火
duìhuǒ
to ask for a light
山火
shānhuǒ
wildfire
引火
yǐnhuǒ
to kindle
微火
wēihuǒ
a low fire (for roasting)

Alternate Entries

火
Huǒ
surname Huo
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
432
Word Frequency Rank
422 of 84,292
Radical Number
86

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