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Chinese symbol for “terminator”

晨昏线
chén hūn xiàn
Traditional: 晨昏線
(astronomy) terminator

The closest CC-CEDICT match for terminator is 晨昏线 (chén hūn xiàn), defined as: (astronomy) terminator.

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

晨 chén
dawn, early morning
radical 72 ⽇ · 11 strokes
昏 hūn
dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark; to faint, to lose consciousness
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes
线 xiàn
line, thread, wire; clue, trail
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 晨昏线.

WordPinyinMeaning
凌晨líng chénvery early in the morning; in the wee hours
早晨zǎo chénearly morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
清晨qīng chénearly morning
晨报 (晨報)chén bàomorning newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post
晨曦chén xīfirst rays of morning sun; first glimmer of dawn
今晨jīn chénthis morning
昏迷hūn míto lose consciousness; to be in a coma
黄昏 (黃昏)huáng hūndusk; evening
路线 (路線)lù xiànitinerary; route

See also: Japanese symbol for “terminator”.

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.