Chinese symbol for “fiery”
火热
huǒ rè
Traditional: 火熱
fiery; burning; fervent; ardent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fiery is 火热 (huǒ rè), defined as: fiery; burning; fervent; ardent; passionate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fiery”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火爆 | huǒ bào | fiery (temper); popular |
| 火红 (火紅) | huǒ hóng | fiery; blazing |
| 如火 | rú huǒ | fiery |
| 煃 | kuǐ | fiery; blazing |
| 火辣辣 | huǒ là là | scorching hot; (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 火热.
| 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) |
| 热情 (熱情) | rè qíng | cordial; enthusiastic |
| 热爱 (熱愛) | rè ài | to love ardently; to adore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fiery”.
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.