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Chinese symbol for “daytime”

白天
bái tiān
daytime; during the day; day; 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for daytime is 白天 (bái tiān), defined as: daytime; during the day; day; 个 (gè).

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

白 bái
white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
radical 106 ⽩ · 5 strokes
天 tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “daytime”

WordPinyinMeaning
日间 (日間)rì jiāndaytime
白日bái rìdaytime; sun
白昼 (白晝)bái zhòudaytime
昼 (晝)zhòudaytime
日里 (日裡)rì lǐdaytime; during the day

Related words

Other words that share a character with 白天.

WordPinyinMeaning
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
白色bái sèwhite; fig. reactionary
白人bái rénwhite man or woman; Caucasian
白痴bái chīidiocy; idiot
空白kòng báiblank space
今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
每天měi tiānevery day
明天míng tiāntomorrow

See also: Japanese symbol for “daytime”.

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.

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