Radicals › #86 火
火
火 — the “fire” radical
as 灬 (four dots) at the bottom — heat 28 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 火 radical (28)
点spot, point然sort of thing, so火fire熱heat, temperature爆bomb, burst open為do, change燃burn, blaze焦char, hurry災disaster, calamity焼bake, burning照illuminate, shine熊bear炎inflammation, flame煙smoke炭charcoal, coal炉hearth, furnace烈ardent, violent熟mellow, ripen煮boil, cook灯lamp, a light灰ashes, puckery juice炊cook, boil燥parch, dry up煩anxiety, trouble熙bright, sunny燎burn, bonfire燦brilliant燿shine
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.
