Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

574 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: fire

Kunyomi: -び ほ-

Onyomi:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: fire

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

事(かじ)   fire

力(かりょく)   thermal power

曜日(かようび)   Tuesday

(ひ)   flame, fire

(はなび)   fireworks

Onyomi Examples

Tuesday, fire (second of the five elements)

炎瓶 カエンビン Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb, gasoline bomb

ハッカ ignition, catching fire, firing (e.g. gun), discharging

ボヤ small fire

Kunyomi Examples

fire, flame, blaze

を見るより明らかである ひをみるよりあきらかである to be as plain as daylight, to be as clear as day

飛び とびひ leaping flames, flying sparks, spread of fire (due to leaping flames), repercussions in unanticipated areas, spilling over, effects of an incident spreading to those seemingly uninvolved, impetigo contagiosa

不知 しらぬい phosphorescent light, mysterious lights on the sea, sea fire