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Chinese symbol for “vespers”

晚祷
wǎn dǎo
Traditional: 晚禱
evening prayer; evensong; vespers

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vespers is 晚祷 (wǎn dǎo), defined as: evening prayer; evensong; vespers.

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

晚 wǎn
night, evening; late
radical 72 ⽇ · 11 strokes
祷 dǎo
to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer
radical 113 ⽰ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 晚祷.

WordPinyinMeaning
晚上wǎn shangevening; night
今晚jīn wǎntonight
昨晚zuó wǎnyesterday evening; last night
晚安wǎn ānGood night!; Good evening!
夜晚yè wǎnnight; 个 (gè)
晚间 (晚間)wǎn jiānevening; night
祈祷 (祈禱)qí dǎoto pray; to say a prayer
祷告 (禱告)dǎo gàoto pray; prayer

See also: Japanese symbol for “vespers”.

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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