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Chinese symbol for “archbishop”

大主教
dà zhǔ jiào
archbishop; primate (of a church); metropolitan

The closest CC-CEDICT match for archbishop is 大主教 (dà zhǔ jiào), defined as: archbishop; primate (of a church); metropolitan.

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes
教 jiào
school, education
radical 66 ⽁ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “archbishop”

WordPinyinMeaning
总主教 (總主教)zǒng zhǔ jiàoarchbishop; primate (of a church)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大主教.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
教育jiào yùto educate; to teach

See also: Japanese symbol for “archbishop”.

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.