か
Meanings
Noun
Abbreviation
1. Tuesday
2. fire (second of the five elements)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
か
Used in vocabulary (95 in total)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
fireproof
fire; conflagration
li (hexagram 30 of the I Ching: fire, the clinging)
urgency; exigency; emergency
fire disaster
gunfire
Mars (planet)
hwabyeong (Korean somatization disorder arising from repressed anger); hwabyung
high fired (e.g. 1400 degrees); high fired (porcelain)
flame; blaze
heating power; thermal power; firepower
flash of lightning; fire caused by lightning
fireball; bolide; fireball
gunpowder; powder
volcano
firedrake
firedrake
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
light; lamplight
Monday and Tuesday
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
Tuesday
firearms; guns
(volcanic) crater; caldera; burner (of a boiler)
world-destroying conflagration
world-destroying conflagration
cremation
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
large fire
gunfire; fire
distilled liquor; spirits; hard liquor; cachaça (Brazilian liquor)
sacred fire; sacred flame; Olympic flame; Olympic torch
firing line; caustic curve
raging flames; roaring flames; raging fire
force of a fire; force of flames
burning at the stake; execution by burning
fiery chariot; kasha (mythical beast said to devour dead bodies); steam locomotive (in China); (arch.) vile old hag
anti-aircraft fire; flak
(large) gun; artillery; cannon
fire; trace of fire; force of a fire; cause of a fire (lighter, match, spark, etc.)
fire control
in the fire; in the flames; burning (something); throwing into the fire; committing to the flames
mantra of the fire realm (in esoteric Buddhism; used to burn away worldly desires and spiritual obstacles); mantra of Acala
pine torch; torchlight; firebrand; bonfire
fire of suspicious origin; suspected arson
furnace; boiler
fire attack; attacking and burning enemy troops, warships, provisions, etc.
sacred flame
fire caused by lightning
fire and water; flooding and fire
fire caused by war
passion (of love)
hearthfire; ingle; open fire in a fireplace
Tuesday and Wednesday
phosphorous light; ignis fatuus; will-o'-the-wisp
fireman; stoker
fire of suspicious origin; suspected arson; mysterious fire; will-o'-the-wisp
this world of suffering
deified volcano or volcanic eruption
sudden fire; nearby fire
without lights
(land) mine
heat (from a flame)
fire ship; steamship (esp. a paddle steamer); steamboat
fire worship; Zoroastrianism; Parseeism
Tuesdays and Thursdays
a fire raging in one's own home
eating cooked food
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
crossfire
pyrotechnics
paddle steamer
pyrotechnic; explosive device
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
fire worshipper; Zoroastrian; Parsee
catching fire (from next door); a spreading fire
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
pottery lantern (curved conical shape)
ming yi (hexagram 36 of the I Ching: darkening of the light)
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
fire blight (tree disease, esp. apple, nashi, etc.); fireblight
colloxylin
Olympic Cauldron lighter; Olympic torch lighter; last runner in the Olympic torch relay
passing the flame; lighting (a torch) from a (larger) flame; spreading (of a sentiment, movement, etc.); growing; catching on (of an argument, practice, etc.)
small fire
caustic surface
da you (hexagram 14 of the I Ching: possession in great measure)
jin (hexagram 35 of the I Ching: progress)
jia ren (hexagram 37 of the I Ching: the family)
ding (hexagram 50 of the I Ching: the caldron)
fire lookout; (fire) watchtower
fire and wind; fire-laden wind
Examples (1 in total)
The five elements are wood, fire, earth, metal and water.