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Chinese symbol for “bonfire”

火堆
huǒ duī
bonfire; to open fire

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bonfire is 火堆 (huǒ duī), defined as: bonfire; to open fire.

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

火 huǒ
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
radical 86 ⽕ · 4 strokes
堆 duī
crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles
radical 32 ⼟ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “bonfire”

WordPinyinMeaning
篝火gōu huǒbonfire

Related words

Other words that share a character with 火堆.

WordPinyinMeaning
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)
火箭huǒ jiànrocket; measure word: 枚 (méi)
火车站 (火車站)huǒ chē zhàntrain station
火灾 (火災)huǒ zāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
火山huǒ shānvolcano
大火dà huǒconflagration; large fire; 场 (cháng)
一堆yī duīpile; heap; a lot of; a bunch of
堆积 (堆積)duī jīto pile up; to heap

See also: Japanese symbol for “bonfire”.

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.