Radical 86

火
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火 (U+706B) "fire"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	huǒ
Bopomofo:	ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	huoo
Wade–Giles:	huo3
Cantonese Yale:	fó
Jyutping:	fo2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	hó͘ⁿ
Japanese Kana:	カ ka コ ko (on'yomi) ひ hi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	화 hwa
Names
Chinese name(s):	(Left) 火字旁 huǒzìpáng (灬) 四點底/四点底 sìdiǎndǐ
Japanese name(s):	火/ひ hi (Left) 火偏/ひへん hihen れんが renga (灬) 烈火/れっか rekka
Hangul:	불 bul
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Radical 86 or radical fire (火部) meaning "fire" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 639 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

In the Chinese wuxing ("Five Phases"), 火 represents the element Fire. In Taoist cosmology, 火 (Fire) is the nature component of the Ba gua diagram 離 Lí.

火 is also the 95th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 灬 being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

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  Oracle bone script character
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  Bronze script character
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  Large seal script character
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  Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	火 灬
+1	灭SC (=滅 -> 水)
+2	灮 灯SC/JP (=燈) 灰SC/TC/灰JP 灱 灲 灳
+3	灴 灵SC (=靈 -> 雨) 灶 灷 灸 灹 灺 灻 灼 災 灾SC/TC variant (=災) 灿SC (=燦) 炀SC (=煬)
+4	炁 (=氣 -> 气) 炂 炃 炄 炅 炆 炇 炈 炉SC/炉JP (=爐) 炊 炋 炌 炍 炎 炏 炐 炑 炒 炓 炔 炕 炖 炗 (=光 -> 儿) 炘 炙 炚 炛 (=光) 炜SC (=煒) 炝SC (=熗) 炞
+5	炟 炠 炡 炢 炣 炤 炥 炦 炧 炨 炩 炪 炫 炬 炭SC/TC/炭JP 炮 炯 炰 炱 炲 (=炱) 炳 炴 炵 炶 炷 炸 点SC/JP (=點 -> 黑) 為 炻 炼SC (=煉) 炽SC (=熾) 炾 炿 (=烐) 烀 烁SC (=爍) 烂SC (=爛) 烃SC (=烴)
+6	烄 烅 烆 烇 烈 烉 (=煥) 烊 烋 烌 烍 烎 烏 烐 烑 烒 烓 烔 烕 烖 烗 烘 烙 烚 烛SC (=燭) 烜 烝 烞 烟 (=煙) 烠 烡 (=光) 烢 烣 烤 烥 (=炬) 烦SC (=煩) 烧SC (=燒) 烨SC (=燁) 烩SC (=燴) 烪 烫SC (=燙) 烬SC (=燼) 热SC (=熱) 烮 (=烈) 焒SC variant
+7	烯 烰 烱 烲 烳 烴 烵 烶 烷 烸 烹 烺 烻 烼 烽 烾 烿 焀 焁 焂 焃 焄 焅 焆 焇 焈 焉 焊 焋 焌 焍 焎 焏 焐 焑 焒TC variant 焓 焔JP (=焰) 焕SC (=煥) 焖SC (=燜) 焗 焘SC (=燾) 焫SC variant
+8	焙 焚 焛 焜 焝 焞 焟 焠 無 焢 焣 焤 焥 焦 焧 焨 焩 焪 焫TC variant 焬 焭 焮 焯 焰 焱 焲 焳 焴 焵 然 焷 焸 焹 焺 焻 焼JP (=燒) 焽 焾 焿 煀 煁 煂 煃 煄 煅 煈 煉 煜 煮 煐SC variant
+9	煆 煇 煊 煋 煌 煍 煎 煏 煐TC variant 煑 (=煮) 煒 煓 煔 煕 (=熙) 煖 煗 煘 煙 煚 煝 煞 煟 煠 煡 煢 煣 煤 煥 煦 照 煨 煩 煪 煫 煬 煭 煯 煰 煱 煲 煳 煴SC/HK (=熅) 煵 煶 煷 煸 煺SC variant 熙 熍SC variant
+10	煺TC variant 煹 煻 煼 煽 煾 煿 熀 熁 熂 熃 熄 熅 熆 熇 熈 (=熙) 熉 熊 熋 熌 熍TC variant 熎 熏 熐 熑 熒 熓 熔 熕 熖 熗 熘 燁GB TC variant
+11	熚 熛 熜 熝 熞 熟 熠 熡 熢 熣 熤 熥 熦 熧 熨 熩 熪 熫 熬 熭 熮 熯 熰 熱 熲 熳 熴 熵 熿SC variant
+12	熶 熷 熸 熹 熺 熻 熼 熽 熾 熿TC variant 燀 燁Traditional variant 燂 燃 燄 (=焰) 燅 燆 燇 燈 燉 燊 燋 燌 燍 燎 燏 燐 燑 燒 燓 燔 燕 燖 燗 燘 燙 燚 燛 (=煚) 燜 燝 燞 燠SC variant
+13	營 燠TC variant 燡 燢 燣 燤 燥 燦 燧 燨 燩 燪 燫 燬 燭 燮 燯 燰 燱 燲 燳 燴 燵 燶 燷SC/TC variant (=燣)
+14	燸 燹 燺 燻 燼 燽 燾 燿 爀 爁 爂 爃 爄GB TC variant 爇SC variant 爌GB TC variant 爗GB TC variant
+15	爄Traditional variant 爅 爆 爇TC variant 爈 爉 爊 爋 (=熏) 爌Traditional variant 爍 爎 爕 爑SC variant
+16	爏 爐 爑TC variant 爒 爓 爔 爖 爗Traditional variant 爘 爟GB TC variant
+17	爙 爚 爛
+18	爜 爝 爞 爟Traditional variant 爠
+19	爡Traditional variant 爢
+20	爣 爤GB TC variant
+21	爤Traditional variant 爥 爦
+24	爧
+25	爨
+29	爩

Sinogram

It also exists as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[1] It is taught in first grade and means fire.

References

Further reading

• Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
• Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

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