Today’s first #kanji is #火, which makes its own radical. When 火 is used as a へん (the left side of a kanji), it’s called ひへん and if it is used as an あし (the bottom part of a kanji), it changes its form to 灬 and it’s called れんが or れっか. 火 is a pictograph depicting “a fire” or “a volcano.”
Meaning: fire
火山(カザン): a volcano
火曜日(カヨウビ): Tuesday
火事(カジ): a fire
出火(シュッカ): an outbreak of fire
失火(シッカ): an accidental fire, a fire caused by negligence
火(ひ)をたく: to make/build/burn a fire (to get warm), to stoke
火(ひ)をともす: to burn (a candle/lamp to obtain light)
花火(はなび): firework
下火(したび)になる: to burn less fiercely, to die down, to wane
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