huǒ

fire

surname Huo; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86

a picture of 火 → fire

The character originally depicted two flames leaping upward from a base. Over time the strokes were regularized, but the sense of rising fire has never left the shape.

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Words with 火

遇火

yù huǒ

to catch fire

运载火箭

yùn zài huǒ jiàn

carrier rocket

过火

guò huǒ

to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions)

远水不救近火

yuǎn shuǐ bù jiù jìn huǒ

see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3]

远水救不了近火

yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ

water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here

野火

yě huǒ

wildfire

野火春风

yě huǒ chūn fēng

abbr. for 野火燒不盡,春風吹又生|野火烧不尽,春风吹又生[ye3 huo3 shao1 bu4 jin4 , chun1 feng1 chui1 you4 sheng1]

野火烧不尽,春风吹又生

yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng

lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)

金华火腿

jīn huá huǒ tuǐ

Jinhua ham

钻木取火

zuān mù qǔ huǒ

to drill wood to make fire

电火花

diàn huǒ huā

electric spark

开火

kāi huǒ

to open fire; to start shooting

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