灬

See also: 火, ⺣, and 㣺

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 火 when used as a bottom radical. Compare 煑 and 煮.

Han character

灬 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹火 (HF))

1. fire
2. radical number 86

Usage notes

A graphically similar but etymologically unrelated bottom component is used in several animal characters, notably 馬 (“horse”), 鳥 (“bird”), 烏 (“black, dark (was crow)”), 魚 (“fish”), indicating variously legs, claws, or fin.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/火
• 黑 (黒)

Descendants

Simplified as a horizontal line, as in 魚 → 鱼 or 馬 → 马, or (unofficially) as 大, as in 魚 → 𩵋 or 点 → 奌.

See also

• 馬 鳥 魚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 665, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18851
• Dae Jaweon: page 1074, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2187, character 2
• Unihan data for U+706C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		灬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāo, huǒ (biao¹, huo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠ, ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biao
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹
    • Yale: byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biau
    • Palladius: бяо (bjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒ
    • Wade–Giles: huo³
    • Yale: hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

灬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひょう (hyō), か (ka)
• Kun: れっか (rekka), retsuka

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Vietnamese

Han character

灬: Hán Việt readings: hỏa/hoả

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