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Chinese symbol for “storm”

风暴
fēng bào
Traditional: 風暴
storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for storm is 风暴 (fēng bào), defined as: storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc).

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

风 fēng
wind; air; customs, manners; news
radical 182 ⾵ · 4 strokes
暴 bào
violent, brutal, tyrannical
radical 72 ⽇ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “storm”

WordPinyinMeaning
突袭 (突襲)tū xíto raid; to storm; surprise attack
冲锋 (衝鋒)chōng fēngto charge (at the enemy); to storm (an enemy position)
波bōwave; ripple
暴风 (暴風)bào fēngwindstorm; (meteorology) storm (force 11 wind)
暴风雨 (暴風雨)bào fēng yǔrainstorm; storm

Related words

Other words that share a character with 风暴.

WordPinyinMeaning
风险 (風險)fēng xiǎnrisk; hazard
风格 (風格)fēng géstyle
风景 (風景)fēng jǐngscenery; landscape
台风 (臺風)tái fēngstage presence, poise
暴力bào lìviolence; force
暴露bào lùto expose; to reveal
暴动 (暴動)bào dònginsurrection; rebellion
强暴 (強暴)qiáng bàoviolent; to rape

See also: Japanese symbol for “storm”.

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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