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Chinese symbol for “flamingo”

火烈鸟
huǒ liè niǎo
Traditional: 火烈鳥
flamingo

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flamingo is 火烈鸟 (huǒ liè niǎo), defined as: flamingo.

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

火 huǒ
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
radical 86 ⽕ · 4 strokes
烈 liè
fiery, violent; ardent, vehement
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
鸟 niǎo
bird
radical 196 ⿃ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 火烈鸟.

WordPinyinMeaning
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)
火山huǒ shānvolcano
大火dà huǒconflagration; large fire; 场 (cháng)
强烈 (強烈)qiáng lièstrong; intense
激烈jī liè(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce
鸟类 (鳥類)niǎo lèibirds

See also: Japanese symbol for “flamingo”.

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.