火 huǒ

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

HSK 14 strokes

Stroke order animation

火 · 4 strokes

4 strokes

Each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

Pictograph⿻丷人

Flames

A drawing of the thing it names.

Tap a card to reveal the pinyin and meaning.

huǒ chētrain

zháo huǒto catch fire

huǒ guōhotpot

huǒ cháimatch (for lighting fire)

huǒ zāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)

huǒ shānvolcano

shàng huǒto get angry

nǎo huǒannoyed; riled; vexed

Turn 火 into a printable worksheet PDF with Tianzige practice grids, pinyin, and stroke-order breakdowns.