Chinese symbol for “rocket”
火箭
huǒ jiàn
rocket; measure word: 枚 (méi)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rocket is 火箭 (huǒ jiàn), defined as: rocket; measure word: 枚 (méi).
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
Other Chinese words for “rocket”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火箭弹 (火箭彈) | huǒ jiàn dàn | rocket (artillery) |
| 惊飞 (驚飛) | jīng fēi | to go off like a rocket; to rocket |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 火箭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
| 火车站 (火車站) | huǒ chē zhàn | train station |
| 火灾 (火災) | huǒ zāi | serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) |
| 火山 | huǒ shān | volcano |
| 大火 | dà huǒ | conflagration; large fire; 场 (cháng) |
| 射箭 | shè jiàn | archery; to shoot an arrow |
| 弓箭 | gōng jiàn | bow and arrow |
| 运载火箭 (運載火箭) | yùn zài huǒ jiàn | carrier rocket |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rocket”.
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.