# 火 — Fire

Frequency rank 418 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 段 (Steps), less common than 難 (Difficult).

- On’yomi: か
- Kun’yomi: ひ
- Radical: 火 Fire (Kangxi 86)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX
- School grade: 1
- Strokes: 4

The character 火 (fire) looks like a person with arms raised and sparks flying off to the sides — flames dancing upward.

In words:

- 火 ひ — fire
- 火事 かじ — fire
- 火曜日 かようび — Tuesday

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