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Chinese symbol for “glowing”

炜
wěi
Traditional: 煒
glowing; bright; brilliant

The closest CC-CEDICT match for glowing is 炜 (wěi), defined as: glowing; bright; brilliant.

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

炜 wěi
brilliant, glowing, red
radical 86 ⽕ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “glowing”

WordPinyinMeaning
焕 (煥)huàn(bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous
炽热 (熾熱)chì rèred-hot; glowing

See also: Japanese symbol for “glowing”.

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.