| 13 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 15 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 8 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 432 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2743 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 15 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 69 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 52 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 20 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 20 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 18 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1260 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4273 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2159 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2911 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 163 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18850 | Morohashi |
| 3463 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3394 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 161 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 173 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 27 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
574 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 火 【カ】 Tuesday, fire (second of the five elements)
- 火炎瓶 【カエンビン】 Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb, gasoline bomb
- 発火 【ハッカ】 ignition, combustion, catching fire, firing a blank cartridge, discharge of a gun without bullets
- 点火 【テンカ】 ignition, lighting, firing, setting off
Kun reading compounds
- 火 【ひ】 fire, flame, blaze
- 火口 【ひぐち】 burner, nozzle, origin of a fire
- 飛び火 【とびひ】 leaping flames, flying sparks, spread of fire (due to leaping flames), repercussions in unanticipated areas, spilling over, effects of an incident spreading to those seemingly uninvolved, impetigo contagiosa
- 不知火 【しらぬい】 phosphorescent light, mysterious lights on the sea, sea fire
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- fuego
- flama
- llama
Portuguese
- fogo
French
- feu
| 1162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 9080.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 706b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1004 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 照射 【ショウシャ】 irradiation, radiation, beaming, exposure (to light), illumination
- 照会 【ショウカイ】 inquiry, query, enquiry, referral (e.g. to a doctor or court)
- 日照 【ニッショウ】 sunlight
- 残照 【ザンショウ】 afterglow
Kun reading compounds
- 照る 【てる】 to shine, to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
- てるてる坊主 【てるてるぼうず】 paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
- 照らす 【てらす】 to shine on, to illuminate, to compare (with), to refer to
- 天照 【あまてらす】 Amaterasu, sun goddess who is the ancestress of the Imperial House of Japan
- 照れる 【てれる】 to be shy, to be bashful, to feel awkward, to feel embarrassed
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 てる
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- iluminar
- brillar
- comparar
- tener vergüenza
Portuguese
- iluminar
- brilhar
- comparar
- tímido
French
- illuminer
- briller
- comparer
- timide
| 433 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 541 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 510 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1072 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2785 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 675 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 719 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 998 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1035 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 868 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1281 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3506 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1809 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2461 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 172 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19226 | Morohashi |
| 2827 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3457 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 170 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 182 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 606 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3840 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d9.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 6733.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7167 | Unicode hex code |