• 1978th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 33 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chái (Chai2)surname Chai
2. chái (chai2)firewood • lean (of meat) • thin (of a person)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

火柴 

Uncommon

劈柴 
柴可夫斯基 
柴油 
柴火 
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
骨瘦如柴 

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  • 433rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 311 words
  • Component in 226 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph availableNo glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huǒ (Huo3)surname Huo
2. huǒ (huo3)fire • urgent • ammunition • fiery or flaming • internal heat (Chinese medicine) • hot (popular) • classifier for military units (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for huǒ (huo3)The component is pronounced as 'huǒ' (huo3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

上火 
火星 
火热 (火熱)
火爆 
火线 (火線)
火车 (火車)
火车票 (火車票)
火车站 (火車站)
火锅 (火鍋)
烈火 
烟火 (煙火)

Uncommon

去火 
大火 
失火 
如火如荼 
怒火 
恼火 (惱火)
惹火 
战火 (戰火)
打火机 (打火機)
放火 
文火 
柴火 
清火 
灭火 (滅火)
灭火器 (滅火器)
火候 
火光 
火力 
火大 
火山 
火影忍者 
火星人 
火柴 
火气 (火氣)
火灾 (火災)
火炬 
火炮 
火焰 
火焰山 
火烧 (火燒)
火炉 (火爐)
火神 
火箭 
火红 (火紅)
火腿 
火花 
火苗 
火药 (火藥)
火警 
火辣 
火辣辣 
火速 
火鸡 (火雞)
火龙 (火龍)
火龙果 (火龍果)
烤火 
焰火 
熄火 
灯火 (燈火)
灯火通明 (燈火通明)
烧火 (燒火)
烛火 (燭火)
生火 
发火 (發火)
篝火 
红火 (紅火)
肝火 
花火 
着火 (著火)
萤火 (螢火)
萤火虫 (螢火蟲)
观火 (觀火)
走火 
起火 
过火 (過火)
开火 (開火)
防火 
降火 
风风火火 (風風火火)
香火 
点火 (點火)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.