DICTIONARY
The Chinese word huo - 火 - huǒ
(fire in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
huǒ
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English translations
fire, flame, to get very angry
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 火 ( huǒ ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The traditional Chinese characters of huǒ are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
火 is composed of 4 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
fire alarm
火 ( huo / huǒ ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 427)
火 ( huo / huǒ ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 427)
Chinese example words containing the character 火 ( huo / huǒ )
埃特纳火山 ( Āitènà huǒshān = Aetna ), 打火机 ( dǎhuǒjī = lighter ), 火柴 ( huǒchái = match ), 火车 ( huǒchē = train ), 火车站 ( huǒchēzhàn = railway station ), 火锅 ( huǒguō = hot pot ), 火花塞 ( huǒhuāsāi = sparking plug ), 火山 ( huǒshān = volcano ), 火腿 ( huǒtuǐ = ham ), 火星 ( huǒxīng = Mars (planet) ), 火灾 ( huǒzāi = fire ),
Other characters that are pronounced huǒ in Chinese
More words that mean fire in Chinese
huǒzāi ( 火灾 )
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