熱
Symbols Virtues
enthusiasm
情
ㄖㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ rè qíng
Two versions of the same picture, and both are free with no account and no watermark. The first has no background at all, which is the one to send your artist — but a phone or computer photo viewer set to dark will show black strokes on dark grey and it can look like nothing downloaded. If that happens, use the second one: identical characters on a plain white background. Either way you get the characters on their own — the square and the faint guide lines you see above are not in the file. Each character is 1000px, so a two-character download is 2000×1000, and the script and layout are the ones you picked.
Script
Characters
Same in both
Layout
Rubbing mode: white on black, as a stone rubbing. The download is unaffected.
Warm, visible eagerness — in Chinese the same word covers being enthusiastic and being warm toward people.
Before you commit
Choose with care熱情 describes a person who is warm and outgoing at least as often as it describes enthusiasm for a task. For work or a cause, 熱忱 is more precise.
Pairs well with熱忱 for dedication, 幹勁 for drive, 興致 for high spirits in the moment.
At small sizes熱 sits on the four-dot fire base, which becomes a smear when reduced. Keep the dots separated or choose a lighter character.
Meaning
Enthusiasm; also warmth and hospitality toward others.
The everyday word, though it describes how you treat people as much as how you feel.
Other characters for “enthusiasm”
What to do next
Pick the script and layout you want above, download the PNG, and send that file to your artist. Ask them to work from the file rather than redrawing the character freehand — that is where strokes go missing.
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