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Chinese symbol for “deadline”

截止日
jié zhǐ rì
deadline; cut-off date

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deadline is 截止日 (jié zhǐ rì), defined as: deadline; cut-off date.

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

截 jié
to cut off, to obstruct, to stop; segment; intersection
radical 62 ⼽ · 14 strokes
止 zhǐ
to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
radical 77 ⽌ · 4 strokes
日 rì
sun; day; daytime
radical 72 ⽇ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “deadline”

WordPinyinMeaning
死线 (死線)sǐ xiàndeadline (loanword)
期限qī xiàntime limit; deadline
限期xiàn qīto set a time limit; time limit
截止期限jié zhǐ qī xiàndeadline
最后期限 (最後期限)zuì hòu qī xiàndeadline; final time limit (for project)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 截止日.

WordPinyinMeaning
截至jié zhìup to (a time); by (a time)
截图 (截圖)jié tú(computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot
截止jié zhǐto end; to close; (electricity) cut-off
拦截 (攔截)lán jiéto intercept
截然不同jié rán bù tóngentirely different; different as black and white
截肢jié zhīamputation (medicine); to amputate
停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
禁止jìn zhǐto prohibit; to forbid
今日jīn rìtoday

See also: Japanese symbol for “deadline”.

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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