Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb

    to ignite; to set fire to

    ケンがろうそくに火をつけた。
    Ken lighted the candles.
  2. to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

    Idiomatic expression

Also written 火を付ける【ひをつける】火を点ける【ひをつける】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fire

Kun
-びほ-
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
574 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 2

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CodeReference
4-4-4, 1-1-3SKIP code
4d0.1The Kanji Dictionary
9080.0Four corner code
1162deroo
706bUnicode hex code
1-18-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2743Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3394New Nelson (John Haig)
3463New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4273Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2159Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2911Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
161Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
173Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
432A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
52Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
15Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18850Morohashi
8A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
20Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
13sakade
69Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
15henshall3
27Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
18Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1260Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
163Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huo3Pinyin reading
hwaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level