Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'gu' ending
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
Idiomatic expression
火に油を注ぐだけだ。It only adds fuel to the fire.
Also written 火に油をそそぐ【ひにあぶらをそそぐ】
Characters in this word
3火
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fire
- Kun
- ひ-びほ-
- On
- カ
- Strokes
- 4
- Taught
- Grade 1
- JLPT
- N5
- Frequency
- 574 of 2500
- Radical
- 火 fire
- WaniKani
- Level 2
Built from
Dictionary and index codes (33)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 4-4-4, 1-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 4d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 9080.0 | Four corner code |
| 1162 | deroo |
| 706b | Unicode hex code |
| 1-18-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2743 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3394 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3463 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4273 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2159 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2911 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 161 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 173 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 432 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 52 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 15 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 18850 | Morohashi |
| 8 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 20 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 20 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 13 | sakade |
| 69 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 15 | henshall3 |
| 27 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 18 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1.A | busy_people |
| 1260 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 163 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| huo3 | Pinyin reading |
| hwa | Korean reading |
| n5 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 2 | WaniKani level |
油
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (32)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3a5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3516.0 | Four corner code |
| 376 | deroo |
| 6cb9 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-44-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2534 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3106 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 341 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 400 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 255 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1107 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1188 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 689 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 593 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 298 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 17253 | Morohashi |
| 400 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 364 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 365 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 522 | sakade |
| 671 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 422 | henshall3 |
| 317 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 624 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1183 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1116 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| you2 | Pinyin reading |
| yu | Korean reading |
| n2 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 35 | WaniKani level |
注
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (34)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3a5.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3011.4 | Four corner code |
| 372 | deroo |
| 6ce8 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-35-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2531 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3103 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 325 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 383 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 240 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 287 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 267 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 285 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 437 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 591 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 444 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 17316 | Morohashi |
| 344 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 357 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 358 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 277 | sakade |
| 208 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 365 | henshall3 |
| 307 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 459 | crowley |
| 290 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 3.17 | busy_people |
| 1175 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 273 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| zhu4 | Pinyin reading |
| ju | Korean reading |
| n4 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 11 | WaniKani level |