Chinese symbol for “chant”
哦
é
to chant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chant is 哦 (é), defined as: to chant.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “chant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呗 (唄) | bài | (bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka") |
| 吟 | yín | to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) |
| 吟唱 | yín chàng | to chant; to recite |
| 唱 | chàng | to sing; to call loudly |
| 吟哦 | yín é | to chant; to recite rhythmically |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吟哦 | yín é | to chant; to recite rhythmically |
| 哦豁 | ò huō | (dialect) oops!; oh no!; oh snap! |
| 哦买嘎 (哦買嘎) | ò mǎi gā | (loanword) oh my God! |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chant”.
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.