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fire 火
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Picture of a fire
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火
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| fire, flame
hi, KA
火
人
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A person 人 with raised arms 丷 is shouting "fire"
Image of a fire.
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光
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| light, shine
hikari, hikaru, KŌ
火
儿
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Top: variation of fire 火, bottom: two legs 儿. The legs stand for transportability of the fire, such as in a lantern.
The fire which can be transported stands for light.
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秋
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| autumn, fall
aki, SHŪ
禾
火
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Left: rice plant 禾 (here: straw) and right: fire 火
Rice plants (= their straw) are burned in autumn.
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炭
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| charcoal, coal
sumi, TAN
山
厂
火
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Top: mountain 山, bottom: ashes 灰 (If sth. "cliff 厂"-like covers the fire 火, it is the ashes.) (To make charcoal, wood is piled up mountain-like and covered and lit from the inside)
This mountain of covered fire produces the charcoal.
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畑
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| dry field
hata, hatake,
火
田
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Left: fire 火, right: rice field 田
With fire the rice field turns into: a dry field.
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焼
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| roast, burn
yaku, SHŌ
火
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Left: fire 火, right: three times ten 十, one 一, legs 儿
On the fire, 31 legs are roasted.
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談
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| conversation, discussion, talk
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Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: flame 炎 (= 2x fire 火)
Words like flames make a conversation (or discussion.)
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灯
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| light, lamp
hi, TŌ
火
丁
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Left: fire 火, right: city block 丁
The fire at the city block serves as light.
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災
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| disaster, calamity, misfortune
wazawai, SAI
川
巛
火
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Top: var. of river 川, below: fire 火
The river and fire can bring a disaster.
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燃
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| burn
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Left: fire 火, right: affirmative/natural/but 然 (body 月/肉, dog 犬, fire 灬)
A fire has the nature to burn. - Or: A fire on which the body of a dog is fried, is really burning.)
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灰
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| ashes
hai, KAI
厂
火
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Left: cliff 厂, below: fire 火
If something is "cliff"-like over the fire, it is the ashes.
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炎
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| flame, inflammation
honō, EN
炎
火
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2x fire 火
Two fires: all is in flame!
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煙
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| smoke
kemuri, kemui/tai, EN
火
西
土
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Left: fire 火, right: west 西 (Sunset of the sun 日 under the horizon 一 in the west.), earth 土
(Westerly winds are commonly frequent.) A fire from the west of the earth brings us the: smoke.
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愁
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sadness, distress, grief
urei/eru, SHŪ
禾
火
心
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Top: autumn 秋 (when rice plants 禾 are burned 火 down), below: heart 心
(Because winter is coming soon:) In autumn, the heart feels sadness.
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炊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| to cook, boil, kitchen work
taku, SUI
火
欠
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Left: fire 火, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking sth.) - 炊飯器 (すいはんき) means rice cooker.
(Think of the rice stove:) The fire is lacking and yet it cooks.
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燥
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| dry, parch
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Left: fire 火, right: bird's chirping 喿 [also: to gather, as it shows three beaks 口 (of birds) in a tree 木)
At the fire we are gathering to get dry.
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淡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| pale, faint, light colors
awai, TAN
氵
炎
火
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Left: water 氵, right: flames 炎 (2x fire 火)
Water makes flames: pale & faint.
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爆
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| burst, explode, bomb
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Left: fire 火, right: expose, violence 暴 (= sun 日 [here: frying pan,skillet], together 共, water 水)
(You can not extinguish burning fat in a frying pan with water.) Fire leads in a frying pan 日 together with water to an explosion.
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煩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, nuisance, irksome
wazurau/washii, HAN, BON
火
頁
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Left: fire 火, right: head/forehead 頁
The "fire in my head" is a pain that causes anxiety.
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滅
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| destroy, ruin, crumble
horobiru/bosu, METSU
氵
火
戈
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From left: water 氵, variation of person 人 (= ノ+一), halberd 戈, fire 火
Water, persons, fire and halberds can be: destructive.
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炉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| furnace
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Left: fire 火, right: door 戸
If the fire is behind a door (= shutter), it is: a furnace.
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