Japanese symbol for “bonfire”
焚き火
たきび
Romaji: takibi
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire
In Japanese, bonfire is 焚き火, read たきび (takibi).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vi, vs open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire
- n, vi, vs open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
Written forms: 焚き火、たき火、焚火. Readings: たきび.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bonfire”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| かがり火 | かがりび kagaribi | fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire |
| 大かがり火 | おおかがりび ookagaribi | bonfire |
| 篝 | かがり kagari | bonfire |
| 炬火 | きょか kyoka | bonfire |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焚く | たく taku | to burn; to kindle; to light (a fire) |
| 焚書 | ふんしょ funsho | book burning |
| 焚きつけ | たきつけ takitsuke | kindling; firelighter |
| 焚書坑儒 | ふんしょこうじゅ funshokouju | burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign) |
| 空焚き | からだき karadaki | heating a vessel without water in it; heating an empty pan, kettle, boiler, bathtub, etc. |
| 火災 | かさい kasai | conflagration; fire |
| 花火 | はなび hanabi | fireworks |
| 火山 | かざん kazan | volcano |
See also: Chinese symbol for “bonfire”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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