Chinese symbol for “fire”
火
huǒ
fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fire is 火 (huǒ), defined as: fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular).
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 “fire”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火力 | huǒ lì | fire; firepower |
| 解雇 (解僱) | jiě gù | to fire; to sack |
| 施放 | shī fàng | to fire; to discharge |
| 射击 (射擊) | shè jī | to shoot; to fire (a gun) |
| 烧制 (燒製) | shāo zhì | to fire (in a kiln) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 火.
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fire”.
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.