Chinese symbol for “litany”
祷文
dǎo wén
Traditional: 禱文
litany (text of a prayer)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for litany is 祷文 (dǎo wén), defined as: litany (text of a prayer).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “litany”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 祷文.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祈祷 (祈禱) | qí dǎo | to pray; to say a prayer |
| 祷告 (禱告) | dǎo gào | to pray; prayer |
| 祝祷 (祝禱) | zhù dǎo | to pray |
| 祷词 (禱詞) | dǎo cí | litany (text of a prayer) |
| 主祷文 (主禱文) | zhǔ dǎo wén | Lord's Prayer |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
| 文件 | wén jiàn | document; file |
See also: Japanese symbol for “litany”.
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.