Chinese symbol for “guru”
古鲁
gǔ lǔ
Traditional: 古魯
guru (loanword)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for guru is 古鲁 (gǔ lǔ), defined as: guru (loanword).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “guru”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大神 | dà shén | deity; (Internet slang) guru |
| 达人 (達人) | dá rén | (coll.) expert; connoisseur; guru; enthusiast; geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000); (literary) sensible person; person who understands life |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 古鲁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 古老 | gǔ lǎo | ancient; old |
| 古典 | gǔ diǎn | classical |
| 考古 | kǎo gǔ | archaeology; to engage in archaeological studies |
| 古城 | gǔ chéng | ancient city |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | strange; weird |
| 粗鲁 (粗魯) | cū lǔ | coarse; crude (in one's manner) |
| 布鲁斯 (布魯斯) | bù lǔ sī | blues (music) (loanword) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “guru”.
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.