Chinese symbol for “fever”
热病
rè bìng
Traditional: 熱病
fever; pyrexia
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fever is 热病 (rè bìng), defined as: fever; pyrexia.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fever”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烧 (燒) | shāo | to burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc) |
| 温 (溫) | wēn | warm; lukewarm; to warm up |
| 觱 | bì | fever; tartar horn |
| 高热病 (高熱病) | gāo rè bìng | fever; high fever |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 热病.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热情 (熱情) | rè qíng | cordial; enthusiastic |
| 热爱 (熱愛) | rè ài | to love ardently; to adore |
| 热烈 (熱烈) | rè liè | enthusiastic; ardent |
| 热带 (熱帶) | rè dài | the tropics; tropical |
| 热门 (熱門) | rè mén | popular; hot; in vogue |
| 热点 (熱點) | rè diǎn | hot spot; point of special interest |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fever”.
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.