Radical 86

火
火
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; (灬) 연화발 yeonhwabal
Stroke order animation

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

Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
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.

References

^ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

External links

Unihan Database - U+706B

[1] "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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