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Chinese symbol for “doomsday”

末日
mò rì
last day; end; final days; doomsday

The closest CC-CEDICT match for doomsday is 末日 (mò rì), defined as: last day; end; final days; doomsday.

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

末 mò
end, final, last; insignificant
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes
日 rì
sun; day; daytime
radical 72 ⽇ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 末日.

WordPinyinMeaning
周末 (週末)zhōu mòweekend
世纪末 (世紀末)shì jì mòend of the century
年末nián mòend of the year
末期mò qīend (of a period); last part
末年mò niánthe final years (of a regime)
今日jīn rìtoday
日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date
日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everyday

See also: Japanese symbol for “doomsday”.

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.