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Chinese symbol for “tonight”

今晚
jīn wǎn
tonight

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tonight is 今晚 (jīn wǎn), defined as: tonight.

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

今 jīn
modern, current; today, now
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes
晚 wǎn
night, evening; late
radical 72 ⽇ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “tonight”

WordPinyinMeaning
今夜jīn yètonight; this evening
今宵jīn xiāo(literary) tonight

Related words

Other words that share a character with 今晚.

WordPinyinMeaning
今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
今年jīn niánthis year
今日jīn rìtoday
至今zhì jīnso far; to this day
如今rú jīnnowadays; now
晚上wǎn shangevening; night
昨晚zuó wǎnyesterday evening; last night
晚安wǎn ānGood night!; Good evening!

See also: Japanese symbol for “tonight”.

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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