Chinese symbol for “apostasy”
叛教
pàn jiào
apostasy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for apostasy is 叛教 (pàn jiào), defined as: apostasy.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 叛教.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 背叛 | bèi pàn | to betray |
| 叛乱 (叛亂) | pàn luàn | armed rebellion |
| 叛徒 | pàn tú | traitor; turncoat |
| 叛变 (叛變) | pàn biàn | to defect; to betray |
| 叛军 (叛軍) | pàn jūn | rebel army |
| 反叛 | fǎn pàn | to rebel; to revolt |
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “apostasy”.
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.