火 huǒ
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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'). -
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') -
noun
Kangxi radical 86
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
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') -
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) -
proper noun
Antares
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The fire star 火星 (GHC '火' 12; Kroll 2015 '火' 3, p. 179) -
noun
radiance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 光芒 (GHC '火' 2) -
noun
lightning
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 闪电 (GHC '火' 3) -
noun
a torch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '火' 4) -
adjective
red
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The color of fire (GHC '火' 6) -
adjective
urgent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 急迫 (GHC '火' 7) -
noun
a cause of disease
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Chinese Medicine
Notes: In the sense of 病因 (GHC '火' 8) -
noun
huo
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A military unit in ancient China (GHC '火' 10) -
noun
companion; comrade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 同伴 (GHC '火' 11) -
proper noun
Huo
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (GHC '火' 14) -
noun
fire; agni
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: agni, Japanese: ka, or: ko (BCSD '火', p. 748; MW 'agni'; SH '火', p. 160; Unihan '火') -
noun
fire element
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: One of the 四大 four great elements (Tzu Chuang 2012, p. 92) -
noun
Gode of Fire; Anala
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: anala, Tibetan: me (BCSD '火', p. 748; MW 'anala'; Mahāvyutpatti 'analaḥ')
Contained in
- 火天 Agni
- 火宅 burning house ; the parable of the burning house
- 火辨 Citrabhana; Citrabhanu
- 火供竈边(火供竈邊) altar for fire rituals; vedikā
- 火光三昧 Fire Samadhi
- 火坛(火壇) altar for fire rituals; agnicaya
- 外火界 external fire property
- 飞蛾投火，作茧自缚(飛蛾投火，作繭自縛) like a moth flying into the flame, and a silkworm trapping itself in a cocoon
- 火定 Fire Samadhi
Also contained in
火石 、 火漆 、 蘸火 、 玩火自焚 、 野火春风 、 上火 、 火辣 、 火焰山 、 火炎焱燚 、 火堆 、 吐火罗 、 火树银花 、 停火 、 引火柴 、 火上加油 、 香火钱 、 国家点火设施 、 火墙 、 火铳 、 飞蛾扑火 、 走火入魔 、 火山豆 、 林火 、 火字旁 、 火鹤 、 火花 、 大火 、 香火不绝 、 火成碎屑 、 火眼金睛 、 火鹤花 、 着火 、 火中取栗 、 火力 、 火烧淀 、 奶酪火锅 、 火箭炮 、 火把 、 十万火急 、 火犁 、 火山砾 、 拼火
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 3 Mahābalavajrakrodhasūtra (Da Weili Wu Shu Se Mo Ming Wang Jing) 大威力烏樞瑟摩明王經 — count: 89
- Scroll 7 The Lamp of Discernment (Prajñāpradīpa) 般若燈論釋 — count: 84
- Scroll 20 Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 — count: 80
- Scroll 37 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 77 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 6 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 74
- Scroll 9 Zhong Xu Mohe Di Jing 佛本行集經 — count: 73
- Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 73
- Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 72
- Scroll 27 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 68 , has parallel version
- Scroll 2 Wrathful Vajrakumara bodhisattva Attainment Ritual (Sheng Jia Ni Fennu Jingang Tongzi Pusa Chengjiu Yi Gui Jing) 聖迦抳忿怒金剛童子菩薩成就儀軌經 — count: 68
Collocations
- 量火 (量火) 十名量火 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 6
- 火中 (火中) 火中無地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 6
- 求火 (求火) 小兒吹灰求火 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 5
- 火风 (火風) 莫說地無水火風 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
- 火灭 (火滅) 如燈盡火滅 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
- 火燃 (火燃) 取火燃之 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 4
- 作火 (作火) 施作火事 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 置于火 (置於火) 猶如酥油置於火中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 4
- 火事 (火事) 施作火事 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 火上 (火上) 手執油瓶注於火上 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 4