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Chinese symbol for “nocturne”

夜曲
yè qǔ
nocturne (music)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nocturne is 夜曲 (yè qǔ), defined as: nocturne (music).

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

夜 yè
night, dark; under cover of night
radical 36 ⼣ · 8 strokes
曲 qǔ
crooked, bent; wrong, false
radical 73 ⽈ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 夜曲.

WordPinyinMeaning
夜晚yè wǎnnight; 个 (gè)
深夜shēn yèvery late at night
夜间 (夜間)yè jiānnighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
午夜wǔ yèmidnight
半夜bàn yèmidnight; in the middle of the night
夜里 (夜裡)yè liduring the night; at night
歌曲gē qǔsong
曲线 (曲線)qū xiàncurve; curved line

See also: Japanese symbol for “nocturne”.

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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