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火
huǒ
Main
English Definitionfire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); measure word for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86; (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script火
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinhuǒ
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)fo2
Part of Speech(名) noun
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Part of religion/mysticism/five phases
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=3,4 TOCFL=3

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火车huǒchētrain
火腿huǒtuǐham
火灾huǒzāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
火柴huǒcháimatch (for lighting fire)
火箭huǒjiànrocket
Words With Same Tail Word    
烟火yānhuǒsmoke and fire; fireworks
起火qǐhuǒto catch fire; to cook; to get angry
救火jiùhuǒto put out a fire; firefighting
战火zhànhuǒconflagration; the fire of war
灯火dēnghuǒlights
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