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Chinese symbol for “firewall”

防火墙
fáng huǒ qiáng
Traditional: 防火牆
firewall

The closest CC-CEDICT match for firewall is 防火墙 (fáng huǒ qiáng), defined as: firewall.

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

防 fáng
to protect, to defend, to guard against
radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes
火 huǒ
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
radical 86 ⽕ · 4 strokes
墙 qiáng
wall
radical 32 ⼟ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “firewall”

WordPinyinMeaning
火墙 (火牆)huǒ qiángfirewall

Related words

Other words that share a character with 防火墙.

WordPinyinMeaning
防止fáng zhǐto prevent; to guard against
预防 (預防)yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against
国防 (國防)guó fángnational defense
防御 (防禦)fáng yùdefense; to defend
防治fáng zhìto prevent and cure; prevention and cure
防范 (防範)fáng fànto be on guard; wariness
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)
火箭huǒ jiànrocket; measure word: 枚 (méi)
城墙 (城牆)chéng qiángcity wall

See also: Japanese symbol for “firewall”.

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.