Chinese symbol for “blaze”
火焰
huǒ yàn
blaze; flame
The closest CC-CEDICT match for blaze is 火焰 (huǒ yàn), defined as: blaze; flame.
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.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “blaze”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颎 (熲) | jiǒng | blaze; bright |
| 烺 | lǎng | blaze; light |
| 烈火 | liè huǒ | raging inferno; blaze |
| 火光 | huǒ guāng | flame; blaze |
| 炽 (熾) | chì | to burn; to blaze |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 火焰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
| 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | rocket; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 火车站 (火車站) | huǒ chē zhàn | train station |
| 火灾 (火災) | huǒ zāi | serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) |
| 火山 | huǒ shān | volcano |
| 大火 | dà huǒ | conflagration; large fire; 场 (cháng) |
| 烈焰 | liè yàn | raging flames |
| 焰火 | yàn huǒ | fireworks |
See also: Japanese symbol for “blaze”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.