Chinese symbol for “fuel”
燃料
rán liào
fuel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fuel is 燃料 (rán liào), defined as: fuel.
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 “fuel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荛 (蕘) | ráo | fuel; grass |
| 油料 | yóu liào | oilseed; oil |
| 薪 | xīn | (literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 燃料.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 燃烧 (燃燒) | rán shāo | to ignite; to combust |
| 点燃 (點燃) | diǎn rán | to ignite; to set on fire |
| 燃气 (燃氣) | rán qì | fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc) |
| 燃油 | rán yóu | fuel oil |
| 燃起 | rán qǐ | to ignite; to light |
| 资料 (資料) | zī liào | material; resources |
| 材料 | cái liào | (raw) material; data |
| 原料 | yuán liào | raw material |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fuel”.
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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