Fire Radical (火) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
火 is the fire radical. It appears in 35 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 火 mean?
Fire radical · 火 huǒ · 4 strokes · fire
As a radical it is called 四点底 (sì diǎn dǐ).
It usually appears on the left (火), or across the bottom (灬). The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
火 itself: Flames
12 common characters with 火
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 然 | rán | correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly | 肰 supplies the sound |
| 点 | diǎn | [measure word for point, item, etc.]; [measure word for small quantities] | 占 supplies the sound |
| 照 | zhào | shine, beam, light up; reflect, mirror | 昭 supplies the sound |
| 热 | rè | hot | 执 supplies the sound |
| 黑 | hēi | black; dark | A man's face blacked by soot from a fire 灬 |
| 烈 | liè | ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a nobl… | 列 supplies the sound |
| 烟 | yān | smoke; cigarette | 因 supplies the sound |
| 灵 | líng | effective; quick-minded | 彐 supplies the sound |
| 熟 | shú | ripe; (food) cooked, done; familiar; skilled; sound (sleep) | 孰 supplies the sound |
| 伙 | huǒ | [measure word for a crowd of people] a crowd of, a band of | 火 supplies the sound |
| 秋 | qiū | autumn, fall; a period of (troubled) time | The time of year when farmers would burn 禾 crops 火 |
| 烧 | shāo | burn; cook, have a fever | 尧 supplies the sound |
Related Radicals
- 止Stop radical · zhǐ9 common characters · to stop; a foot
- 殳Spear radical · shū9 common characters · a spear; a weapon
- 氵Water radical · shuǐ100 common characters · water
- 牛Ox radical · niú11 common characters · ox, cattle
- 犭Dog radical · quǎn25 common characters · dog
- 王Jade radical · yù25 common characters · jade
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