# 火

> 火: fire, flame, blaze

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- **On'yomi readings**: カ
- **Kun'yomi readings**: ひ, -び, -ぴ
- **Meanings**: fire, flame, blaze

## Notes

This kanji is a pictograph representing flickering flames. It is one of the five elements in traditional Japanese cosmology and serves as the radical for fire-related characters. Common compounds include kazan for volcano and kayoubi for Tuesday. It is a fundamental kanji usually mastered at the primary school level.