Chinese symbol for “radiate”
辐射
fú shè
Traditional: 輻射
to radiate; radiation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for radiate is 辐射 (fú shè), defined as: to radiate; radiation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “radiate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放射 | fàng shè | to radiate; radioactive |
| 闪射 (閃射) | shǎn shè | to radiate; to shine |
| 闪耀 (閃耀) | shǎn yào | to glint; to glitter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辐射.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 核辐射 (核輻射) | hé fú shè | nuclear radiation |
| 热辐射 (熱輻射) | rè fú shè | thermal radiation |
| 辐照 (輻照) | fú zhào | irradiation |
| 辐射能 (輻射能) | fú shè néng | radiation energy (e.g. solar) |
| 辐射源 (輻射源) | fú shè yuán | radiation source |
| 发射 (發射) | fā shè | to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket) |
| 射击 (射擊) | shè jī | to shoot; to fire (a gun) |
| 注射 | zhù shè | injection; to inject |
See also: Japanese symbol for “radiate”.
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.