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The Shuōwén Seal form of 火() huǒ ‘fire’ is said to depict a tongue of flame (火苗) surrounded by smoke/sparks, with flames blazing up as in 炎() yán (炎燄/焰) and 焱() yàn. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 火() huǒ ‘fire’ is said to depict a tongue of flame (火苗) surrounded by smoke/sparks, with flames blazing up as in 炎() yán (炎燄/焰) and 焱() yàn. | ||
Among the Five Elements (五行) fire is the warm/hot element of the sunny 南() nán ‘south’, opposite to the wet/cold element 水 shuǐ ‘water’ in the frigid 北() běi ‘north’. | Note: Among the Five Elements (五行) fire is the warm/hot element of the sunny 南() nán ‘south’, opposite to the wet/cold element 水 shuǐ ‘water’ in the frigid 北() běi ‘north’. | ||
As a component | Note: As a component 火 is often abbrev. to 灬 (4 丶 dots) at the bottom of a character, as in 热/熱 rè ‘hot’; on the left side of a character, 火 is wr. with final 丶 stroke (instead of ㇏), as in 灯 dēng ‘lamp’ and 烟 yān ‘smoke’. | ||
Compare: 票(𤐫) piāo ‘leaping/flying flames/sparks’ | Compare: 票(𤐫) piāo ‘leaping/flying flames/sparks’; 光(灮) guāng ‘light/ray’; 离(𡼁離) lí (䷝☲). | ||
Compare: 燕(㷼) yàn ‘swallow (bird)’, 魚(𤋳) yú ‘fish’ (in both of which 火 represents the forked tail of the animal). | |||
Compare: 鸟/鳥() niǎo ‘long-tailed bird’ (in which 灬 represents the bird's feet, wr. 匕 in the Seal); 鹿() lù ‘deer’, 能/熊() xióng ‘bear’ (with 比 for the feet). | |||
Compare: 山() shān ‘mountain’, which has a similar 入() peak in the middle of the Seal forms. | Compare: 山() shān ‘mountain’, which has a similar 入() peak in the middle of the Seal forms. | ||
HDZ: 火 : huǒ : (古) 象火之䔢/華/华焰 (火花, 火焰; 花炮, 礼花); 物体燃烧时所产生的光和焰; 焚烧; 用火将食物烹熟; 火把或灯烛等照明用具; 用火光照看; 光芒; 枪炮弹药 (军火, 火器, 火力, 火网); 战争 (交火, 开火, 停火); 激动或暴躁、愤怒; 紧急; (古) (单位) 兵制单位 (十人为火); 夥/伙: 同伴 (同伙, 伙伴, 伙计), 由同伴组成的集体 (入伙); (五行) (水火木金土); (中医) (少火, 命门火; 病因六淫之一; …); (星名) (大火, 心宿; 行星之一, 火星, 熒火); (姓) • huō : (俗) 兔子豁开的上唇, 歧唇 | HDZ: 火 : huǒ : (古) 象火之䔢/華/华焰 (火花, 火焰; 花炮, 礼花); 物体燃烧时所产生的光和焰; 焚烧; 用火将食物烹熟; 火把或灯烛等照明用具; 用火光照看; 光芒; 枪炮弹药 (军火, 火器, 火力, 火网); 战争 (交火, 开火, 停火); 激动或暴躁、愤怒; 紧急; (古) (单位) 兵制单位 (十人为火); 夥/伙: 同伴 (同伙, 伙伴, 伙计), 由同伴组成的集体 (入伙); (五行) (水火木金土); (中医) (少火, 命门火; 病因六淫之一; …); (星名) (大火, 心宿; 行星之一, 火星, 熒火); (姓) • huō : (俗) 兔子豁开的上唇, 歧唇 | ||
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