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Chinese symbol for “rage”

怒火
nù huǒ
rage; fury; hot anger

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rage is 怒火 (nù huǒ), defined as: rage; fury; hot anger.

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
火 huǒ
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
radical 86 ⽕ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “rage”

WordPinyinMeaning
激荡 (激盪)jī dàngto rage; to dash
激荡 (激蕩)jī dàngto rage; to dash
恚huìrage
狂潮kuáng cháosurging tide; (fig.) tide
撺 (攛)cuānrush; stir up

Related words

Other words that share a character with 怒火.

WordPinyinMeaning
愤怒 (憤怒)fèn nùangry; indignant
激怒jī nùto infuriate; to enrage
怒气 (怒氣)nù qìanger
怒吼nù hǒuto bellow; to rave
发怒 (發怒)fā nùto get angry
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)
火箭huǒ jiànrocket; measure word: 枚 (méi)
火车站 (火車站)huǒ chē zhàntrain station

See also: Japanese symbol for “rage”.

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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