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Chinese symbol for “upstart”

暴发户
bào fā hù
Traditional: 暴發戶
newly rich; parvenu; upstart

The closest CC-CEDICT match for upstart is 暴发户 (bào fā hù), defined as: newly rich; parvenu; upstart.

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

暴 bào
violent, brutal, tyrannical
radical 72 ⽇ · 15 strokes
发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes
户 hù
door; family
radical 63 ⼾ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “upstart”

WordPinyinMeaning
新贵 (新貴)xīn guìnouveau riche; upstart

Related words

Other words that share a character with 暴发户.

WordPinyinMeaning
暴力bào lìviolence; force
风暴 (風暴)fēng bàostorm; violent commotion
暴露bào lùto expose; to reveal
暴动 (暴動)bào dònginsurrection; rebellion
强暴 (強暴)qiáng bàoviolent; to rape
暴雨bào yǔtorrential rain; rainstorm
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
用户 (用戶)yòng hùuser; consumer

See also: Japanese symbol for “upstart”.

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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