Chinese symbol for “diocese”
教区
jiào qū
Traditional: 教區
diocese; parish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for diocese is 教区 (jiào qū), defined as: diocese; parish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教区.
| 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 |
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 区域 (區域) | qū yù | area; region |
| 社区 (社區) | shè qū | community; neighborhood |
See also: Japanese symbol for “diocese”.
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.