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Chinese symbol for “sundown”

日落
rì luò
sundown; sunset

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sundown is 日落 (rì luò), defined as: sundown; sunset.

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

日 rì
sun; day; daytime
radical 72 ⽇ · 4 strokes
落 luò
to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
radical 140 ⾋ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “sundown”

WordPinyinMeaning
日没 (日沒)rì mòsunset; sundown

Related words

Other words that share a character with 日落.

WordPinyinMeaning
今日jīn rìtoday
日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date
日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everyday
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
每日měi rìdaily; (soup etc) of the day
日期rì qīdate
落实 (落實)luò shípractical; workable
部落bù luòtribe

See also: Japanese symbol for “sundown”.

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.