Chinese symbol for “prayer”
祷
dǎo
Traditional: 禱
prayer; pray; supplication
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prayer is 祷 (dǎo), defined as: prayer; pray; supplication.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “prayer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祷告 (禱告) | dǎo gào | to pray; prayer |
| 祈愿 (祈願) | qí yuàn | to pray; to pray for sth |
| 禂 | dǎo | to pray; prayer |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 祷.
| 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 |
| 祷文 (禱文) | dǎo wén | litany (text of a prayer) |
| 祷词 (禱詞) | dǎo cí | litany (text of a prayer) |
| 主祷文 (主禱文) | zhǔ dǎo wén | Lord's Prayer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “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.