Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 2
火 fire
- Meaning
- fire
- On reading
- カ
- Kun reading
- ひ
Memory hook
A person shape with sparks flying off both sides: flames leaping off a burning stick. カ in compounds, ひ on its own.
Words that use 火
火曜日
かようび
Tuesday
花火
はなび
fireworks
How to write 火
Stroke order · 4 strokes
1
2
3
4
- 1. The diagonal down to the right.
- 2 to 3. The sweep down to the left.
- 4. The diagonal down to the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
火 is taught on day 5 of the kanji course, alongside 日 月 水, with two writing passes and a short quiz.