灬

See also: 火, and 㣺

灬 U+706C, 灬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-706C ← 火 [U+706B] CJK Unified Ideographs 灭 → [U+706D]

⺣ U+2EA3, ⺣ CJK RADICAL FIRE ← ⺢ [U+2EA2] CJK Radicals Supplement ⺤ → [U+2EA4]

Translingual

Stroke order

Glyph origin

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), composition ⿰丿⿲丶丶丶)

1. 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

• Appendix:Chinese radical/火
• 𬼹, 𡖋, 杰, 𥄧, 缹, 羔, 𢇁, 𨚋, 𦱻, 喣, 黑(黒), 𦷓, 𥈈, 罴, 勲, 槱, 𥉬, 𦼈, 𦻹, 𤎂, 𨼾, 瞧, 𮄛, 𪚰, 𥶬, 𬟤, 𩡢, 𦏬, 𠆡
• 庶, 𧆸, 麃, 𤺣

Descendants

Sometimes 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		灬
2nd round simp.		一

For pronunciation and definitions of 灬 – see 火 (“fire; flame; fire; inferno; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 火).

Japanese

Kanji

灬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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

Vietnamese

Han character

灬: Hán Nôm readings: hỏa/hoả

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