Kanji: 火 hi fire

JLPT N5: 23 / 100 | 4 Strokes

Kanji Parts:

• 丷 sparks
• 人 person

Mnemonics: 

1. Clearly, this is a person 人 on fire with sparks 丷 rising.

Stroke Order:

Examples:

• 花火 hana bi – fireworks [note how the hi becomes a bi ]
• 火花 hi bana – sparks [sometimes you can reverse kanji and get a different meaning – note here how the hana becomes bana ]
• 火山 ka zan – volcano [lit. fire mountain]
• 火曜日 ka you bi – Tuesday

Example Sentence:

あしたは火曜日(かようび)です。

ashita wa kayoubi desu.
Tomorrow is Tuesday.

• あした tomorrow
• 火曜日 Tuesday