火か中ちゅう

also: ほなか

か

ちゅ

う

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun

in the fire; in the flames

Refers to something being physically inside a fire or flames. Often used in set phrases like 火中の栗を拾う (to take a risk for someone else).

彼かれは火か中ちゅうに飛とび込こんで子こ供どもを助たすけた。
He jumped into the fire and saved the child.
火か中ちゅうの栗くりを拾ひろうような真似まね

は

やめ

なさい

。

Stop doing things like pulling someone else's chestnuts out of the fire.

2

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

burning (something); throwing into the fire; committing to the flames

Only with reading かちゅう

Transitive action of setting something on fire or consigning it to flames. Used with する to form a verb. The reading is always かちゅう.

不ふ要ような書しょ類るいを火か中ちゅうした。
I burned the unnecessary documents.
彼かれは証しょう拠こを火か中ちゅうしようとした。
He tried to throw the evidence into the fire.

Written forms

火中Usage100%
- かちゅう
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading かちゅう is the primary modern pronunciation.
- ほなか
  rarely-used kana form
  Rare historical reading; not used in modern Japanese for the transitive verb sense.
ほなか
rarely-used kana form

Kanji

火fire
中in, inside, middle

Similar words

焼しょう却きゃく
焼却 is a more formal term for incineration or disposal by burning, often used in official contexts, while 火中 is a more direct, action-oriented term for burning or throwing into fire.
炎えん上じょう
炎上 means 'going up in flames' or 'blazing up', often used for buildings or online backlash, whereas 火中 focuses on the act of putting something into fire.

Etymology

Compound of 火 (fire) and 中 (inside). The reading かちゅう is the standard on'yomi combination. The rare reading ほなか uses the kun'yomi for 火 and an irregular reading for 中, likely an older or dialectal form.