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Chinese symbol for “brunch”

早午饭
zǎo wǔ fàn
Traditional: 早午飯
brunch

The closest CC-CEDICT match for brunch is 早午饭 (zǎo wǔ fàn), defined as: brunch.

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

早 zǎo
early; soon; morning
radical 72 ⽇ · 6 strokes
午 wǔ
noon; 7th terrestrial branch
radical 24 ⼗ · 4 strokes
饭 fàn
meal, food; cooked rice
radical 184 ⾷ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “brunch”

WordPinyinMeaning
早午餐zǎo wǔ cānbrunch

Related words

Other words that share a character with 早午饭.

WordPinyinMeaning
早上zǎo shangearly morning; 个 (gè)
早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time
早已zǎo yǐfor a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
早期zǎo qīearly period; early phase; early stage
早晨zǎo chénearly morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
早餐zǎo cānbreakfast; measure word: 份 (fèn), 顿 (dùn), 次 (cì)
下午xià wǔafternoon; 个 (gè)
上午shàng wǔmorning
吃饭 (吃飯)chī fànto have a meal; to eat

See also: Japanese symbol for “brunch”.

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.