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Chinese symbol for “fortnight”

半月
bàn yuè
half-moon; fortnight

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fortnight is 半月 (bàn yuè), defined as: half-moon; fortnight.

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

半 bàn
half; semi-, incomplete
radical 24 ⼗ · 5 strokes
月 yuè
moon; month
radical 74 ⽉ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fortnight”

WordPinyinMeaning
两星期 (兩星期)liǎng xīng qīfortnight

Related words

Other words that share a character with 半月.

WordPinyinMeaning
一半yī bànhalf
半岛 (半島)bàn dǎopeninsula
半年bàn niánhalf a year
半个 (半個)bàn gehalf of sth
半数 (半數)bàn shùhalf the number; half
上半年shàng bàn niánfirst half of the year
月份yuè fènmonth
每月měi yuèeach month

See also: Japanese symbol for “fortnight”.

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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