Chinese symbol for “mourn”
追悼
zhuī dào
to mourn; to pay last respects
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mourn is 追悼 (zhuī dào), defined as: to mourn; to pay last respects.
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
Other Chinese words for “mourn”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悼 | dào | to mourn; to lament |
| 悲悼 | bēi dào | to mourn; to grieve over sb's death |
| 哀痛 | āi tòng | to grieve; to mourn; deep sorrow; grief |
| 致哀 | zhì āi | to express grief; to mourn |
| 伤悼 (傷悼) | shāng dào | to grieve for deceased relative; to mourn |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 追悼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 追求 | zhuī qiú | to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after |
| 追踪 (追蹤) | zhuī zōng | to track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) |
| 追究 | zhuī jiū | to investigate; to look into |
| 追加 | zhuī jiā | to add something extra; an additional increment |
| 追逐 | zhuī zhú | to chase; to pursue vigorously |
| 追溯 | zhuī sù | lit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to |
| 悼念 | dào niàn | to grieve |
| 哀悼 | āi dào | to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mourn”.
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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