火
ひ
hepburn hi
fire
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 火が燃えています。Fire is burning.
- 火をつけてください。Please light a fire.
Collocations
火 (hi, fire)火をつける火を消す火事 (kaji, fire)花火 (hanabi, fireworks)
Mnemonic
ひ — 火, Yamato. The homophone 日 hi-day lives in a separate slug — hi-fire / hi-day. The kanji 火 is a pictograph of flame leaping upward — one tall stroke in the middle, two sparks at the sides. Watch it spread into compounds — 花火 hanabi (flower-fire = fireworks): the heart of summer festivals. 火祭 hi-matsuri (fire festival): Kurama in Kyoto, others. 火事 kaji (a fire, accident): everyday news word. 焚き火 takibi (a built fire, campfire): mountain scenery. The Korean reading hwa is sister to the onyomi か — and 火 meets you again in Mandarin Roots.
Quick check
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