The Radical: 火


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fire    火

Explanation Picture of a fire

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT 5Joyo 1
fire, flame
hi, KA
A person with raised arms is shouting "fire"
Image of a fire.

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JLPT 4Joyo 2
light, shine
hikari, hikaru,
Top: variation of fire , bottom: two legs . The legs stand for transportability of the fire, such as in a lantern.
The fire which can be transported stands for light.

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JLPT 4Joyo 2
autumn, fall
aki, SHŪ
Left: rice plant (here: straw) and right: fire
Rice plants (= their straw) are burned in autumn.

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JLPT 3Joyo 3
charcoal, coal
sumi, TAN
Top: mountain , bottom: ashes (If sth. "cliff "-like covers the fire , it is the ashes.) (To make charcoal, wood is piled up mountain-like and covered and lit from the inside)
This mountain of covered fire produces the charcoal.

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JLPT 3Joyo 3
dry field
hata, hatake,
Left: fire , right: rice field
With fire the rice field turns into: a dry field.

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JLPT 3Joyo 4
roast, burn
yaku, SHŌ
Left: fire , right: three times ten , one , legs
On the fire, 31 legs are roasted.

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JLPT 3Joyo 3
conversation, discussion, talk
DAN
Left: word (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: flame (= 2x fire )
Words like flames make a conversation (or discussion.)

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JLPT 3Joyo 4
light, lamp
hi,
Left: fire , right: city block
The fire at the city block serves as light.

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JLPT 1Joyo 5
disaster, calamity, misfortune
wazawai, SAI
Top: var. of river , below: fire
The river and fire can bring a disaster.

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JLPT 2Joyo 5
burn
moeru, NEN
Left: fire , right: affirmative/natural/but (body /, dog , fire )
A fire has the nature to burn. - Or: A fire on which the body of a dog is fried, is really burning.)

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JLPT 2Joyo 6
ashes
hai, KAI
Left: cliff , below: fire
If something is "cliff"-like over the fire, it is the ashes.

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JLPT 1Joyo 7
flame, inflammation
honō, EN
2x fire
Two fires: all is in flame!

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JLPT 2Joyo 7
smoke
kemuri, kemui/tai, EN
Left: fire , right: west 西 (Sunset under the horizon of the sun in the west), earth
(Westerly winds are commonly frequent.) A fire from the west of the earth brings us the: smoke.
西
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JLPT 1Joyo 7
sadness, distress, grief
urei/eru, SHŪ
Top: autumn (when rice plants are burned down), below: heart
(Because winter is coming soon:) In autumn, the heart feels sadness.

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JLPT 1Joyo 7
to cook, boil, kitchen work
taku, SUI
Left: fire , right: lack (The mouth wide open of the yawning person is lacking sth.) - (すいはんき) means rice cooker.
(Think of the rice stove:) The fire is lacking and yet it cooks.

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JLPT 2Joyo 7
dry, parch

Left: fire , right: bird's chirping [also: to gather, as it shows three beaks (of birds) in a tree )
At the fire we are gathering to get dry.

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JLPT 1Joyo 7
pale, faint, light colors
awai, TAN
Left: water , right: flames (2x fire )
Water makes flames: pale & faint.

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JLPT 2Joyo 7
burst, explode, bomb
BAKU
Left: fire , right: expose, violence (= sun [here: frying pan,skillet], together , water )
(You can not extinguish burning fat in a frying pan with water.) Fire leads in a frying pan together with water to an explosion.

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JLPT 1Joyo 7
anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, nuisance, irksome
wazurau/washii, HAN, BON
Left: fire , right: head/forehead
The "fire in my head" is a pain that causes anxiety.

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JLPT 1Joyo 7
destroy, ruin, crumble
horobiru/bosu, METSU
From left: water , variation of person (= +), halberd , fire
Water, persons, fire and halberds can be: destructive.

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JLPT 1Joyo 7
furnace
RO
Left: fire , right: door
If the fire is behind a door (= shutter), it is: a furnace.

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