Chinese symbol for “doctrine”
教条
jiào tiáo
Traditional: 教條
doctrine; dogma; creed; dogmatic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for doctrine is 教条 (jiào tiáo), defined as: doctrine; dogma; creed; dogmatic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “doctrine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 义理 (義理) | yì lǐ | doctrine (esp. religious); argumentation (in a speech or essay) |
| 说 (說) | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment |
| 原则 (原則) | yuán zé | principle; doctrine |
| 教理 | jiào lǐ | doctrine (religion) |
| 论 (論) | lùn | opinion; view |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教条.
| 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 |
| 条件 (條件) | tiáo jiàn | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification |
| 条例 (條例) | tiáo lì | regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes |
| 条约 (條約) | tiáo yuē | treaty; pact |
See also: Japanese symbol for “doctrine”.
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.