Chinese symbol for “afterglow”
晚霞
wǎn xiá
sunset glow; sunset clouds; afterglow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for afterglow is 晚霞 (wǎn xiá), defined as: sunset glow; sunset clouds; afterglow.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “afterglow”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 晚霞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night |
| 今晚 | jīn wǎn | tonight |
| 昨晚 | zuó wǎn | yesterday evening; last night |
| 晚安 | wǎn ān | Good night!; Good evening! |
| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night; 个 (gè) |
| 晚间 (晚間) | wǎn jiān | evening; night |
| 烟霞 (煙霞) | yān xiá | haze |
| 彩霞 | cǎi xiá | clouds tinged with sunset hues |
See also: Japanese symbol for “afterglow”.
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.