Chinese symbol for “cardinal”
枢机主教
shū jī zhǔ jiào
Traditional: 樞機主教
cardinal (of the Catholic Church)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cardinal is 枢机主教 (shū jī zhǔ jiào), defined as: cardinal (of the Catholic Church).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cardinal”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 枢机主教.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枢纽 (樞紐) | shū niǔ | hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge |
| 中枢 (中樞) | zhōng shū | center; hub; the central administration |
| 枢密院 (樞密院) | shū mì yuàn | privy council |
| 中枢神经 (中樞神經) | zhōng shū shén jīng | (anatomy) central nervous system |
| 交通枢纽 (交通樞紐) | jiāo tōng shū niǔ | traffic hub |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cardinal”.
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.