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Chinese symbol for “lauds”

晨祷
chén dǎo
Traditional: 晨禱
(Anglican) matins; (Catholic) lauds

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lauds is 晨祷 (chén dǎo), defined as: (Anglican) matins; (Catholic) lauds.

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

晨 chén
dawn, early morning
radical 72 ⽇ · 11 strokes
祷 dǎo
to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer
radical 113 ⽰ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 晨祷.

WordPinyinMeaning
凌晨líng chénvery early in the morning; in the wee hours
早晨zǎo chénearly morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
清晨qīng chénearly morning
晨报 (晨報)chén bàomorning newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post
晨曦chén xīfirst rays of morning sun; first glimmer of dawn
今晨jīn chénthis morning
祈祷 (祈禱)qí dǎoto pray; to say a prayer
祷告 (禱告)dǎo gàoto pray; prayer

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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