| Chinese Text Project |
| 火 U+706B |  Seal script |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 灬 Semantic variant | 𤆄 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 火+ 0 strokes = 4 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.307#19 Kangxi: p.665#01 Cihai: p.841r2c02 GSR: 353.a Hanyu: v3,p2187#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 八, bottom: 人. Compositionally related: 仈 . Component of: 灬 𪸍 灭 𭳿 𤆂 𤆇 𤆌 㶡 灰 灳 𤆊 灮 炇 𨚊 㶢 𬽄 伙 灯 灰 𠠽 [More] |
| Mandarin: | huǒ huō ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛ |
| Cantonese: | fo2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *xuɑ̌ |
| Shuowen: | 《火部》火：燬也。南方之行，炎而上。象形。凡火之屬皆从火。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·果·火》火：河圖挻左輔曰伏羲禪於伯牛鑚木作火。《說文》曰：燬也，南方之行炎而上象形。呼果切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·火部·火部》火：〔古文〕𤆄《唐韻》《集韻》呼果切《韻會》《正韻》虎果切，𠀤貨上聲。《說文》火，燬也。南方之行炎而上。象形。《釋名》火化也，消化物也。亦言毀也，物入中皆毀壞也。《玉篇》𤆄者，化也，隨也，陽氣用事萬物變隨也。《古史考》燧人氏初作火。《書·洪範》五行，一曰水，二曰火。又星名。《書·堯典》日永星火。《傳》火，蒼龍之中星。又大火，鶉火，辰次之名。又《禮·王制》昆蟲未蟄，不以火田。《前漢·成帝紀》火耕水耨。又《周禮·夏官·司爟》變國火以救時疾。《註》春取楡柳之火，夏取棗杏之火，季夏取桑柘之火，秋取柞楢之火，冬取槐檀之火。《論語》鑽燧改火。又盛陽曰炎火。《詩·小雅》田祖有神，秉畀炎火。《傳》炎火，盛陽也。《箋》螟螣之屬，盛陽氣嬴則生之。明君爲政，田祖之神不受此害，持之付與炎火，使自消亡。又官名。《左傳·昭十七年》炎帝氏以火紀，故爲火師，而火名。《疏》春官爲大火。夏官爲鶉火，秋官爲西火，冬官爲北火，中官爲中火。又《春秋·宣十六年》成周宣榭火。《左傳》人火也。凡火，人火曰火，天火曰災。又《南史·齊武帝紀》魏地謠言，赤火南流，有沙門從北齎此火至，色赤而微，云以療疾貴賤爭取之，多得其驗，咸云聖火。又《唐書·兵志》府兵，十人爲火，火有長。彍騎，十人爲火，五火爲團。《通典·兵制》五人爲烈，烈有頭目，二烈爲火，立火子，五火爲隊。又《司馬法》人人正正，辭辭火火。《註》言一火與一火猶人人殊之人人也。卽俗謂火伴。《古木蘭詩》出門看火伴。又人身有火。《本草綱目》心藏神爲君火。包絡爲相火。又隂火，海中鹽氣所生。凡海水遇隂晦，波如然火，有月卽不復見。《木華·海賦》隂火潛然。又山名。《山海經》崑崙之丘，其下有弱水之，淵環之其外有炎火之山，投物輒然。又《正字通》陸游曰：火山軍，其地鋤深，則有烈燄，不妨耕種。又井名。《左思·蜀都賦》火井沈熒於幽泉。《註》火井，在臨邛縣。欲出其火，先以家火投之，須臾隆隆如雷聲，焰出通天，光輝十里，以筒盛接，有光無灰。又寒火。《抱朴子·地眞篇》南海蕭丘，火春生秋滅。生木小，焦黑。又火傳。《莊子·養生主》指窮放爲薪，火傳也。不知其盡也。又南方有食火之國，其人能食火炭。又《爾雅·釋魚》十龜，一曰火龜。《疏》龜生火中者。又火䑕。《山海經》火山國，其山雖霖，雨火常燃，火中白䑕，時出山邊求食，人捕得之，以毛作布，名火澣布。又姓。《明紀事本末》火濟，從諸葛亮南征孟獲有功，封羅甸國王。《正字通》洪武時，翰林火原潔。又《廣東通志》古人一年四時改火。今瓊州西鄕音謂一年爲一火，火音微。東鄕人謂一年爲喜，或爲之化，乃喜之變音。又叶虎洧切《詩·豳風》七月流火，八月萑葦。◎按唐韻正：火，古音毀，轉聲則爲喜，故灰字从火得聲。而左傳襄三十年：或叫于宋太廟，曰：譆譆出出，鳥鳴于亳社。如曰譆譆，則爲火之徵也。是直以爲火當讀作毀，非止叶音矣。又叶後五切。《韓愈·元和聖德詩》施令酬功，急疾如火。天地中閒，莫不順序。又叶虎何切。《莊子·外物篇》利害相摩生火寔多，衆人焚和，月固不勝火。《韻會小補》今人謂兔岐脣曰火。蓋古音也。《集韻》或作灬。 |
| Fanqie: | 呼果 (《廣韻·上聲·果·火》) |
| Unihan definition: | fire, flame; burn; anger, rage |
Example usage
| 《論語·衛靈公》: | 子曰：「民之於仁也，甚於水火。」 |
| The Master said, "Virtue is more to man than either water or fire." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 民非水火不生活，昏暮叩人之門戶，求水火，無弗與者，至足矣。 |
| The people cannot live without water and fire, yet if you knock at a man's door in the dusk of the evening, and ask for water and fire, there is no man who will not give them, such is the abundance of these things. | |
| 《禮記·問喪》: | 惻怛之心，痛疾之意，傷腎乾肝焦肺，水漿不入口，三日不舉火，故鄰里為之糜粥以飲食之。 |
| In the bitterness of his grief, and the distress and pain of his thoughts, his kidneys were injured, his liver dried up, and his lungs scorched, while water or other liquid did not enter his mouth, and for three days fire was not kindled (to cook anything for him). On this account the neighbours prepared for him gruel and rice-water, which were his (only) meat and drink. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 聖人之言似於水火。 |
| The sage's words are like water and fire. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 堯讓天下於許由，曰：「日月出矣，而爝火不息，其於光也，不亦難乎！」 |
| Yao, proposing to resign the throne to Xu You, said, 'When the sun and moon have come forth, if the torches have not been put out, would it not be difficult for them to give light?' | |
| 《商君書·畫策》: | 聖人見本然之政，知必然之理，故其制民也，如以高下制水，如以燥溼制火。 |
| A sage views the fundamental elements of government, and knows the principle which must be followed; therefore, his way of directing the people is like directing water from a high to a low place, or like directing fire towards dry things and away from wet ones. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 時播百穀草木，淳化鳥獸蟲蛾，旁羅日月星辰水波土石金玉，勞勤心力耳目，節用水火材物。 |
| The planting of the crops, plants, and trees in their seasons, and the transformations of birds, beasts, insects, and moths. He also prepared a record of the movements of the sun, moon, and stars; the flow of the tides; and the properties of clay, stones, metals, and gems. He devoted much careful attention to these things, and his observation was applied to ascertaining how fire, water, wood, and other elements could be used economically. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 均薪施火，火就燥。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 其有重尸多死者，急則有聚眾，童子擊鼓苣火，入官宮里用之，各擊鼓苣火，逐官宮里。 |
| 《春秋繁露·十指》: | 木生火，火為夏，天之端，一指也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 傳曰：在天者、莫明乎日月，在地者、莫明於水火，在人者、莫明乎禮儀。 |
| 《大戴禮記·夏小正》: | 初昏大火中。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 鑽木燧取火，教民熟食，養人利性，避臭去毒，謂之燧人也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 靜思而獨居，譬其若火。 |
| 《新序·雜事五》: | 桓公郊迎客，夜開門，辟賃車者執火甚盛從者甚眾，寧戚飯牛於車下，望桓公而悲，擊牛角，疾商歌。 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 如火得風而炎熾，如水赴下而流速。 |
| 《孔子家語·問禮》: | 未有火化，食草木之實、鳥獸之肉，飲其血，茹其毛。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 夫是故道之於心也，猶火之於人目也。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 譬猶水火相更也，水盛勝火，火盛勝水。 |
| 《太玄經·眾》: | 初一，冥兵始，火入耳，農輟馬穀，尸將班于田。 |
| 《風俗通義·三皇》: | 燧人始鑽木取火，炮生為熟，令人無復腹疾，有異於禽獸，遂天之意，故曰遂人也。 |
| 《孔叢子·陳士義》: | 對曰：「昔周穆王大征西戎，西戎獻錕鋙之劍、火浣之布。」 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 或曰：「冶金而流，去火則剛，激水而升，舍之則降，惡乎治？」 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 明星神、一曰靈星，其象在天，舊說曰：靈星、火星也，一曰龍星。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 木生火，故虙犧氏歾，神農氏以火德繼之。 |
| 《墨子·經說下》: | 五：合水土火火。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 羊肝化為地皋，馬血之為轉鄰也，人血之為野火也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 水火不相入，天之制也。 |
| 《文子·精誠》: | 夫上好取而無量，即下貪功而無讓，民貧苦而分爭生，事力勞而無功，智詐萌生，盜賊滋彰，上下相怨，號令不行，夫水濁者魚噞，政苛者民亂，上多欲即下多詐，上煩擾即下不定，上多求即下交爭，不治其本而救之於末，無以異於鑿渠而止水，抱薪而救火。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 無觀道，觀者、火也。 |
| 《列仙傳·赤松子》: | 服水玉以教神農，能入火自燒。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 雲從龍，風從虎，水流濕，火就燥，自然之類也。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 其國亂弱矣，又皆釋國法而私其外，則是負薪而救火也，亂弱甚矣。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 以秋日至始，數四十六日，秋盡而冬始，天子服黑絻黑而靜處，朝諸侯卿大夫列士，循於百姓，發號出令曰：「毋行大火，毋斬大山，毋塞大水，毋犯天之隆」，天子之冬禁也。 |
| 《公孫龍子·堅白論》: | 且猶白以 目見，1目以火見，而火不見。 |
| 《孫子兵法·軍爭》: | 故兵以詐立，以利動，以分合為變者也，故其疾如風，其徐如林，侵掠如火，不動如山，難知如陰，動如雷霆。 |
| 《六韜·勵軍》: | 軍不舉火，將亦不舉，名曰止欲將。 |
| 《司馬法·定爵》: | 五曰火。 |
| 《三略·下略》: | 夫以義誅不義，若決江河而溉爝火，臨不測而擠欲墜，其克必矣。 |
| 《淮南子·道應訓》: | 桓公郊迎客，夜開門，辟任車，爝火甚盛，從者甚眾，甯越飯牛車下，望見桓公而悲。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·求人》: | 昔者堯朝許由於沛澤之中，曰：「十日出而焦火不息，不亦勞乎？」 |
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