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火 kanji
fire
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
カ
Kun readings
ひ-びほ-
Variant forms
伙Words with 火
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —烈火のごとく(being angry) like a blazing fire; burning (rage)
- —日本火山学会Volcanological Society of Japan
- —ロンドン大火Great Fire of London (1666)
- —火力支援調整線fire support coordination line
- —地震雷火事親父things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers
- —環太平洋火山帯circum-Pacific volcanic belt; Ring of Fire
- —火中の栗を拾うto take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire
- —ブルカノ式噴火Vulcanian eruption
- —石炭火力発電所coal-fired power plant
- —月月火水木金金seven-day workweek; working every day of the week; Mon-Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri-Fri
- —噴火警戒レベルVolcanic Alert Level
- —防火シャッターfire shutter
- —火事場の馬鹿力extraordinary strength displayed in an emergency; surge of power beyond one's normal capacity; great strength exerted at risk
- —オリンピック聖火Olympic flame; Olympic torch
- —住宅用火災警報器smoke detector (residential); smoke alarm
- —自動火災報知設備fire alarm system
- —火器管制レーダーfire-control radar; FCR
- —金時の火事見舞いgoing bright red (esp. after drinking)
- —水金地火木土天海(mnemonic for) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
- —安田火災海上保険Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited