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Chinese symbol for “blazing”

炽热
chì rè
Traditional: 熾熱
red-hot; glowing; blazing; (fig.) passionate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for blazing is 炽热 (chì rè), defined as: red-hot; glowing; blazing; (fig.) passionate.

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

炽 chì
to burn, to blaze; splendid; intense
radical 86 ⽕ · 9 strokes
热 rè
heat, fever, zeal
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “blazing”

WordPinyinMeaning
炙热 (炙熱)zhì rèextremely hot (weather); blazing (sun)
火红 (火紅)huǒ hóngfiery; blazing
旺炽 (旺熾)wàng chìblazing
炽烈 (熾烈)chì lièburning fiercely; flaming
燡yìblazing; radiant

Related words

Other words that share a character with 炽热.

WordPinyinMeaning
白炽灯 (白熾燈)bái chì dēngincandescent lamp
炽烈 (熾烈)chì lièburning fiercely; flaming
白炽 (白熾)bái chìwhite heat; incandescence
炽盛 (熾盛)chì shèngablaze (fire); intense (anger, desire etc)
旺炽 (旺熾)wàng chìblazing
热情 (熱情)rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic
热爱 (熱愛)rè àito love ardently; to adore
热烈 (熱烈)rè lièenthusiastic; ardent

See also: Japanese symbol for “blazing”.

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.