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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.

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

供 gōng
to supply, to provide for; to offer in worship
radical 9 ⼈ · 8 strokes
热 rè
heat, fever, zeal
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “heating”

WordPinyinMeaning
采暖 (採暖)cǎi nuǎnheating
暖房nuǎn fángheating; central heating
供暖gōng nuǎnto supply heating (in a building); heating

Related words

Other words that share a character with 供热.

WordPinyinMeaning
提供tí gōngto offer; to supply
供应 (供應)gōng yìngto supply; to provide (goods, services etc)
供给 (供給)gōng jǐto furnish; to provide
供电 (供電)gōng diànto supply electricity
供应商 (供應商)gōng yìng shāngsupplier
供水gōng shuǐto supply water
热情 (熱情)rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic
热爱 (熱愛)rè àito 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.

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