火 huǒ fire

Example sentences

火很大，快走。Huǒ hěn dà, kuài zǒu.The fire is really big. Get out, quick!
请小心用火。Qǐng xiǎoxīn yòng huǒ.Please be careful with fire.

HSK 4 — upper-intermediate proficiency: 600 new words, 1,200 in all. You can converse fluently on a wide range of topics with native speakers. In HSK 3.0, 火 is in band 3. HSK 4 explained

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中火。

It means fire. You'd hear it in a warning, like a camp leader speaking to a group.

中请小心用火。

Please be careful with fire. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

火 is written in 4 strokes.

火 — the Chinese character for fire (huǒ), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 火 — fire

Senses

fire
urgent
ammunition
fiery or flaming
internal heat (Chinese medicine)
hot (popular)
classifier for military units (old)
Kangxi radical 86

Related words

Where 火 lives

HSK 4 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 3 Practise Topic: Nature Practise

火 is pronounced huǒ and means “fire”.