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Chinese symbol for “wildfire”

野火
yě huǒ
wildfire

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wildfire is 野火 (yě huǒ), defined as: wildfire.

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

野 yě
field, open country; wilderness
radical 166 ⾥ · 11 strokes
火 huǒ
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
radical 86 ⽕ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “wildfire”

WordPinyinMeaning
山火shān huǒwildfire; forest fire

Related words

Other words that share a character with 野火.

WordPinyinMeaning
野生yě shēng(of animals, plants etc) wild
野蛮 (野蠻)yě mánbarbarous; uncivilized
视野 (視野)shì yěfield of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective
野兽 (野獸)yě shòubeast; wild animal
野心yě xīnambition; wild schemes
野外yě wàicountryside; areas outside the city
火车 (火車)huǒ chētrain; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng)
火箭huǒ jiànrocket; measure word: 枚 (méi)

See also: Japanese symbol for “wildfire”.

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.