Chinese symbol for “abbot”
住持
zhù chí
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abbot is 住持 (zhù chí), defined as: to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “abbot”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 院牧 | yuàn mù | abbot (Christian) |
| 大修道院长 (大修道院長) | dà xiū dào yuàn zhǎng | abbot |
| 男修道院长 (男修道院長) | nán xiū dào yuàn zhǎng | abbot |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 住持.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 居住 | jū zhù | to reside; to dwell |
| 住宅 | zhù zhái | residence; dwelling; abode |
| 记住 (記住) | jì zhu | to remember; to bear in mind |
| 抓住 | zhuā zhù | to grab hold of; to capture |
| 住房 | zhù fáng | housing |
| 忍不住 | rěn bu zhù | cannot help; unable to bear |
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of; to support |
| 坚持 (堅持) | jiān chí | to persevere with; to persist in |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abbot”.
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.