Chinese symbol for “fireworks”
烟火
yān huo
Traditional: 煙火
fireworks
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fireworks is 烟火 (yān huo), defined as: fireworks.
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 “fireworks”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烟花 (煙花) | yān huā | fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) |
| 焰火 | yàn huǒ | fireworks |
| 礼花 (禮花) | lǐ huā | fireworks |
| 烟花爆竹 (煙花爆竹) | yān huā bào zhú | fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烟火.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烟草 (煙草) | yān cǎo | tobacco |
| 香烟 (香煙) | xiāng yān | smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包 |
| 抽烟 (抽煙) | chōu yān | variant of 抽烟 (chōu yān) |
| 吸烟 (吸煙) | xī yān | to smoke |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fireworks”.
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.