Radical 86 or radical fire (火部) meaning "fire" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
| 火 | ||
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| 火 (U+706B) "fire" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | huǒ | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄏㄨㄛˇ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | huoo | |
| Wade–Giles: | huo3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | fó | |
| Jyutping: | fo2 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | hó͘ⁿ | |
| Japanese Kana: | カ ka コ ko (on'yomi) ひ hi (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 화 hwa | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | (Left) 火字旁 huǒzìpáng (灬) 四點底/四点底 sìdiǎndǐ | |
| Japanese name(s): | 火/ひ hi (Left) 火偏/ひへん hihen れんが renga (灬) 烈火/れっか rekka | |
| Hangul: | 불 bul (灬) 연화발 yeonhwabal | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 639 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In the Chinese wuxing ("Five Phases"), 火 represents the element Fire. In Taoist cosmology, 火 (Fire) is the nature component of the Ba gua diagram 離 Lí.
火 is also the 95th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 灬 being its associated indexing component.
Evolution
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Oracle bone script character
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Bronze script character
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
edit| Strokes | Characters |
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| +0 | 火 灬 |
| +1 | 灭SC (=滅 -> 水) |
| +2 | 灮 灯SC/JP (=燈) 灰SC/TC/灰JP 灱 灲 灳 |
| +3 | 灴 灵SC (=靈 -> 雨) 灶 灷 灸 灹 灺 灻 灼 災 灾SC/TC variant (=災) 灿SC (=燦) 炀SC (=煬) |
| +4 | 炁 (=氣 -> 气) 炂 炃 炄 炅 炆 炇 炈 炉SC/炉JP (=爐) 炊 炋 炌 炍 炎 炏 炐 炑 炒 炓 炔 炕 炖 炗 (=光 -> 儿) 炘 炙 炚 炛 (=光) 炜SC (=煒) 炝SC (=熗) 炞 |
| +5 | 炟 炠 炡 炢 炣 炤 炥 炦 炧 炨 炩 炪 炫 炬 炭SC/TC/炭JP 炮 炯 炰 炱 炲 (=炱) 炳 炴 炵 炶 炷 炸 点SC/JP (=點 -> 黑) 為 炻 炼SC (=煉) 炽SC (=熾) 炾 炿 (=烐) 烀 烁SC (=爍) 烂SC (=爛) 烃SC (=烴) |
| +6 | 烄 烅 烆 烇 烈 烉 (=煥) 烊 烋 烌 烍 烎 烏 烐 烑 烒 烓 烔 烕 烖 烗 烘 烙 烚 烛SC (=燭) 烜 烝 烞 烟 (=煙) 烠 烡 (=光) 烢 烣 烤 烥 (=炬) 烦SC (=煩) 烧SC (=燒) 烨SC (=燁) 烩SC (=燴) 烪 烫SC (=燙) 烬SC (=燼) 热SC (=熱) 烮 (=烈) 焒SC variant |
| +7 | 烯 烰 烱 烲 烳 烴 烵 烶 烷 烸 烹 烺 烻 烼 烽 烾 烿 焀 焁 焂 焃 焄 焅 焆 焇 焈 焉 焊 焋 焌 焍 焎 焏 焐 焑 焒TC variant 焓 焔JP (=焰) 焕SC (=煥) 焖SC (=燜) 焗 焘SC (=燾) 焫SC variant |
| +8 | 焙 焚 焛 焜 焝 焞 焟 焠 無 焢 焣 焤 焥 焦 焧 焨 焩 焪 焫TC variant 焬 焭 焮 焯 焰 焱 焲 焳 焴 焵 然 焷 焸 焹 焺 焻 焼JP (=燒) 焽 焾 焿 煀 煁 煂 煃 煄 煅 煈 煉 煜 煮 煐SC variant |
| +9 | 煆 煇 煊 煋 煌 煍 煎 煏 煐TC variant 煑 (=煮) 煒 煓 煔 煕 (=熙) 煖 煗 煘 煙 煚 煝 煞 煟 煠 煡 煢 煣 煤 煥 煦 照 煨 煩 煪 煫 煬 煭 煯 煰 煱 煲 煳 煴SC/HK (=熅) 煵 煶 煷 煸 煺SC variant 熙 熍SC variant |
| +10 | 煺TC variant 煹 煻 煼 煽 煾 煿 熀 熁 熂 熃 熄 熅 熆 熇 熈 (=熙) 熉 熊 熋 熌 熍TC variant 熎 熏 熐 熑 熒 熓 熔 熕 熖 熗 熘 燁GB TC variant |
| +11 | 熚 熛 熜 熝 熞 熟 熠 熡 熢 熣 熤 熥 熦 熧 熨 熩 熪 熫 熬 熭 熮 熯 熰 熱 熲 熳 熴 熵 熿SC variant |
| +12 | 熶 熷 熸 熹 熺 熻 熼 熽 熾 熿TC variant 燀 燁Traditional variant 燂 燃 燄 (=焰) 燅 燆 燇 燈 燉 燊 燋 燌 燍 燎 燏 燐 燑 燒 燓 燔 燕 燖 燗 燘 燙 燚 燛 (=煚) 燜 燝 燞 燠SC variant |
| +13 | 營 燠TC variant 燡 燢 燣 燤 燥 燦 燧 燨 燩 燪 燫 燬 燭 燮 燯 燰 燱 燲 燳 燴 燵 燶 燷SC/TC variant (=燣) |
| +14 | 燸 燹 燺 燻 燼 燽 燾 燿 爀 爁 爂 爃 爄GB TC variant 爇SC variant 爌GB TC variant 爗GB TC variant |
| +15 | 爄Traditional variant 爅 爆 爇TC variant 爈 爉 爊 爋 (=熏) 爌Traditional variant 爍 爎 爕 爑SC variant |
| +16 | 爏 爐 爑TC variant 爒 爓 爔 爖 爗Traditional variant 爘 爟GB TC variant |
| +17 | 爙 爚 爛 |
| +18 | 爜 爝 爞 爟Traditional variant 爠 |
| +19 | 爡Traditional variant 爢 |
| +20 | 爣 爤GB TC variant |
| +21 | 爤Traditional variant 爥 爦 |
| +24 | 爧 |
| +25 | 爨 |
| +29 | 爩 |
Sinogram
editIt also exists as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is taught in first grade.
References
edit- ^ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Further reading
edit- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.