Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

Definitions

灬

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: hỏa/hoả

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