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Chinese symbol for “serenade”

小夜曲
xiǎo yè qǔ
serenade

The closest CC-CEDICT match for serenade is 小夜曲 (xiǎo yè qǔ), defined as: serenade.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
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 小夜曲.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
夜晚yè wǎnnight; 个 (gè)
深夜shēn yèvery late at night
歌曲gē qǔsong

See also: Japanese symbol for “serenade”.

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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