Chinese symbol for “sparkle”
火花
huǒ huā
spark; sparkle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sparkle is 火花 (huǒ huā), defined as: spark; sparkle.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sparkle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闪耀 (閃耀) | shǎn yào | to glint; to glitter |
| 晔 (曄) | yè | bright light; to sparkle |
| 忽闪 (忽閃) | hū shǎn | to glitter; to gleam |
| 闪出 (閃出) | shǎn chū | to flash; to sparkle |
| 亮彩 | liàng cǎi | a bright color; sparkle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 火花.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
| 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | rocket; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 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) |
| 花园 (花園) | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 花费 (花費) | huā fèi | expense; cost |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sparkle”.
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.