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Chinese symbol for “wintertime”

冬日
dōng rì
wintertime

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wintertime is 冬日 (dōng rì), defined as: wintertime.

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

冬 dōng
winter, 11th lunar month
radical 15 ⼎ · 5 strokes
日 rì
sun; day; daytime
radical 72 ⽇ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冬日.

WordPinyinMeaning
冬天dōng tiānwinter
冬季dōng jìwinter
寒冬hán dōngcold winter
冬眠dōng miánto hibernate; hibernation
过冬 (過冬)guò dōngto get through the winter
今日jīn rìtoday
日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date
日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everyday

See also: Japanese symbol for “wintertime”.

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.