What does the kanji 火 mean?

The kanji 火 (hi) means "fire". It is a JLPT N5 character.

"hi" is written with the kanji 火, meaning "fire". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) か (ka), kunyomi (native Japanese) ひ (hi), び (bi), ほ (ho). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 火?

Write 火 ("fire") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 火?

火 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) か (ka), kunyomi (native Japanese) ひ (hi), び (bi), ほ (ho).

火“fire” Kanjihi / ka

JLPT N5

How to write 火

火 (fire) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

fire

Onyomi (音読み)

か ka

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

ひ hi
び bi
ほ ho

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 火

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

ろうそくに火ひをつけてください。
Please light a candle.
火 (ひ)
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火山かざんを見みてみたい。
I'd like to see a volcano.
火山 (かざん)
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ゆうべこの町まちで火事かじがあった。
There was a fire in this city last night.
火事 (かじ)
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Read 火 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.