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Chinese symbol for “fury”

怒
nù
anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fury is 怒 (nù), defined as: anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous.

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

怒 nù
anger, passion, rage
radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fury”

WordPinyinMeaning
怒火nù huǒrage; fury
火儿 (火兒)huǒ rfire; fury

Related words

Other words that share a character with 怒.

WordPinyinMeaning
愤怒 (憤怒)fèn nùangry; indignant
激怒jī nùto infuriate; to enrage
怒火nù huǒrage; fury
怒气 (怒氣)nù qìanger
怒吼nù hǒuto bellow; to rave
发怒 (發怒)fā nùto get angry

See also: Japanese symbol for “fury”.

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.