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Chinese symbol for “zealot”

发烧友
fā shāo yǒu
Traditional: 發燒友
fan; zealot

The closest CC-CEDICT match for zealot is 发烧友 (fā shāo yǒu), defined as: fan; zealot.

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

发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes
烧 shāo
to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
友 yǒu
friend, companion; fraternity
radical 29 ⼜ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 发烧友.

WordPinyinMeaning
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")
发现 (發現)fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
发布 (發佈)fā bùvariant of 发布 (fā bù)
燃烧 (燃燒)rán shāoto ignite; to combust
烧毁 (燒燬)shāo huǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
发烧 (發燒)fā shāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over
朋友péng youfriend; 个 (gè),位 (wèi)

See also: Japanese symbol for “zealot”.

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.