Chinese symbol for “church”
教堂
jiào táng
church; chapel; measure word: 座 (zuò), 所 (suǒ), 间 (jiān)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for church is 教堂 (jiào táng), defined as: church; chapel; measure word: 座 (zuò), 所 (suǒ), 间 (jiān).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “church”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教堂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
| 宗教 | zōng jiào | religion |
| 教授 | jiāo shòu | to teach (a subject) |
| 教学 (教學) | jiāo xué | to teach |
| 天堂 | tiān táng | paradise; heaven |
| 课堂 (課堂) | kè táng | classroom (间 (jiān)); class session |
| 食堂 | shí táng | dining hall; cafeteria; 个 (gè),间 (jiān) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “church”.
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.