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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

烟 yān
smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
火 huo
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
radical 86 ⽕ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “fireworks”

WordPinyinMeaning
烟花 (煙花)yān huāfireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
焰火yàn huǒfireworks
礼花 (禮花)lǐ huāfireworks
烟花爆竹 (煙花爆竹)yān huā bào zhúfireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 烟火.

WordPinyinMeaning
烟草 (煙草)yān cǎotobacco
香烟 (香煙)xiāng yānsmoke 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 yānvariant of 抽烟 (chōu yān)
吸烟 (吸煙)xī yānto smoke
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)
火箭huǒ jiànrocket; measure word: 枚 (méi)
火车站 (火車站)huǒ chē zhàntrain station
火灾 (火災)huǒ zāiserious 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.

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