Chinese symbol for “heating”
供热
gōng rè
Traditional: 供熱
heating (for a building); to supply heating
The closest CC-CEDICT match for heating is 供热 (gōng rè), defined as: heating (for a building); to supply heating.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “heating”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 采暖 (採暖) | cǎi nuǎn | heating |
| 暖房 | nuǎn fáng | heating; central heating |
| 供暖 | gōng nuǎn | to supply heating (in a building); heating |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 供热.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提供 | tí gōng | to offer; to supply |
| 供应 (供應) | gōng yìng | to supply; to provide (goods, services etc) |
| 供给 (供給) | gōng jǐ | to furnish; to provide |
| 供电 (供電) | gōng diàn | to supply electricity |
| 供应商 (供應商) | gōng yìng shāng | supplier |
| 供水 | gōng shuǐ | to supply water |
| 热情 (熱情) | rè qíng | cordial; enthusiastic |
| 热爱 (熱愛) | rè ài | to love ardently; to adore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “heating”.
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.