火 huǒ

1. huǒ noun fire; flame
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Fire
   Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 遠水不救近火 'distant water cannot extinguish a nearby fire'from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'Y448'; GHC '火' 1; Kroll 2015 '火' 1, p. 179; Sun 2006, loc. 1377; Unihan '火').
2. huǒ verb to start a fire; to burn
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Fire
   Notes: In the sense of 烧 (GHC '火' 5; Kroll 2015 '火' 1a, p. 179; Unihan '火')
3. huǒ noun Kangxi radical 86
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
4. huǒ noun anger; rage
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 怒气 (GHC '火' 9; Sun 2006, loc. 1358; Unihan '火')
5. huǒ noun fire element
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: One of the 五行 'five elements' of traditional Chinese thought (Tzu Chuang 2012, p. 92; GHC '火' 13; Kroll 2015 '火' 2, p. 179; Sun 2006, loc. 1377)
6. huǒ proper noun Antares
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The fire star 火星 (GHC '火' 12; Kroll 2015 '火' 3, p. 179)
7. huǒ noun radiance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 光芒 (GHC '火' 2)
8. huǒ noun lightning
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 闪电 (GHC '火' 3)
9. huǒ noun a torch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '火' 4)
10. huǒ adjective red
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: The color of fire (GHC '火' 6)
11. huǒ adjective urgent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 急迫 (GHC '火' 7)
12. huǒ noun a cause of disease
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Chinese Medicine
    Notes: In the sense of 病因 (GHC '火' 8)
13. huǒ noun huo
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A military unit in ancient China (GHC '火' 10)
14. huǒ noun companion; comrade
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 同伴 (GHC '火' 11)
15. huǒ proper noun Huo
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (GHC '火' 14)

Contained in

• 着火(著火) to ignite; to burn
• 火灾(火災) a fire
• 洞若观火(洞若觀火) clear as a flame; to see things absolutely clearly
• 火积(火積) to burn stores
• 慢火 low heat (cooking)
• 火堆 bonfire; to open fire
• 火警 fire alarm
• 侵掠如火 invade and plunder like fire
• 萤火虫(螢火蟲) firefly; glowworm; lightning bug
• 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯(只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈) only the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not
• 烽火四起 the fire of war in all four directions; the confusion of war
• 柘火 firewood from a Chinese mulberry
• 观火(觀火) penetrating (vision)
• 火山岩 volcanic rock
• 打火机(打火機) a lighter; a cigarette lighter
• 火控 fire control (gunnery)
• 火成碎屑 pyroclastic
• 开火(開火) to open fire
• 满腔怒火(滿腔怒火) full of rage
• 动肝火(動肝火) to get angry
• 火机(火機) a cigarette lighter
• 火把节(火把節) Torch Festival
• 磷火 phosphorescence
• 避火树(避火樹) sago palm; king sago; sago cycad; Japanese sago palm
• 国家点火设施(國家點火設施) National Ignition Facility (NIF)
• 走火入魔 to be obsessed with something; to go overboard
• 玩火 to play with fire
• 火烈鸟(火烈鳥) flamingo
• 水火不容 completely incompatible; as incompatible as fire and water
• 军火公司(軍火公司) arms company
• 火齐(火齊) ceramic glaze ; medicine to clear internal heat ; time and heat required to boil water ; a kind of gemstone
• 篝火 bonfire
• 火车头(火車頭) train engine; locomotive
• 火浣布 asbestos cloth
• 低平火山口 maar
• 火车票(火車票) train ticket
• 拔火罐儿(拔火罐兒) suction cup
• 热火朝天(熱火朝天) in full swing; (in a) frenzy; buzzing with activity
• 导火索(導火索) fuse (for explosive)
• 肝火 irascibility; irritability ; inflammation of the liver
• 火候 heat control; maturity; crucial moment
• 火鹤花(火鶴花) flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
• 军火库(軍火庫) arsenal
• 战火(戰火) a conflagration; the fire of war
• 火暴 fiery
• 灯火(燈火) lights; a lamp
• 炽热火山云(熾熱火山雲) nuée ardente; hot cloud of volcanic ash
• 火力发电厂(火力發電廠) fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas)

Also contained in

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• 卷六十三 志第十六 五行二上 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Five Elements 2a History of Song 宋史 — count: 185
• 卷二十九 志第五 五行二 Volume 29 Treatises 5: Five Elements 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 174
• 《火部》 Huǒ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 150
• 卷三十四　　　　志第二十四　　五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 60
• 卷105之三 天象志一之三 Volume 105c Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 59
• 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 57
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 51
• 第四十一回 Chapter 41 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 46
• 卷105之四 天象志一之四 Volume 105d Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 4 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 44
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Collocations

• 庙火 (廟火) 大廟火 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 5
• 鹑火 (鶉火) 鶉火中 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 火中 (火中) 火中成軍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 修火 (修火) 然後修火之利 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention — count: 4
• 曰火 (曰火) 二曰火 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
• 火见 (火見) 火見而致用 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 火烈 (火烈) 火烈具舉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧大叔于田 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Da Shu Yu Tian — count: 4
• 火作 (火作) 若火作 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 火曰 (火曰) 火曰炎上 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3
• 火禁 (火禁) 春秋以木鐸修火禁 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 3