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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.

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

教 jiào
school, education
radical 66 ⽁ · 11 strokes
区 qū
area, district, region, ward; surname
radical 23 ⼖ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 教区.

WordPinyinMeaning
教育jiào yùto educate; to teach
教师 (教師)jiào shīteacher; 个 (gè)
宗教zōng jiàoreligion
教授jiāo shòuto teach (a subject)
教学 (教學)jiāo xuéto teach
地区 (地區)dì qūregion; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
区域 (區域)qū yùarea; region
社区 (社區)shè qūcommunity; 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.

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