Chinese symbol for “godfather”
教父
jiào fù
godfather
The closest CC-CEDICT match for godfather is 教父 (jiào fù), defined as: godfather.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “godfather”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教父.
| 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 |
| 父亲 (父親) | fù qīn | father; also pr. [fu4 qin5] |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 师父 (師父) | shī fu | used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan); master |
See also: Japanese symbol for “godfather”.
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.