火 huǒ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
火花
huǒhuā
spark; flash of inspiration
Characters in this word
花 huā
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 化 to change, to convert, to reform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 两位学者的观点原本针锋相对，却在辩论中碰撞出新的思想火花。 Liǎng wèi xuézhě de guāndiǎn yuánběn zhēnfēng xiāngduì, què zài biànlùn zhōng pèngzhuàng chū xīn de sīxiǎng huǒhuā. The two scholars' views had originally been sharply opposed, yet their debate produced new intellectual sparks.
- 铁锤打在铁块上，溅起一串火花。 Tiě chuí dǎ zài tiěkuài shàng, jiàn qǐ yí chuàn huǒhuā. The iron hammer struck the lump of iron and sent up a string of sparks.
- 两个人聊着聊着，聊出了不少创意的火花。 Liǎng ge rén liáo zhe liáo zhe, liáo chū le bù shǎo chuàngyì de huǒhuā. As the two of them chatted, a good many sparks of creativity flew.
Related words
- 火车 huǒchē train
- 火 huǒ fire
- 火 huǒ popular
- 着火 zháohuǒ to catch fire
- 火柴 huǒchái matches
- 火腿 huǒtuǐ ham
- 火灾 huǒzāi fire
- 导火索 dǎohuǒsuǒ fuse; trigger; immediate cause
- 点火 diǎnhuǒ to ignite; to light; ignition
- 发火 fāhuǒ to get angry; to lose one's temper
- 防火墙 fánghuǒqiáng firewall; fire wall
- 红火 hónghuo prosperous; booming; flourishing