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Chinese symbol for “hajj”

朝觐
cháo jìn
Traditional: 朝覲
to give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; hajj (Islam)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hajj is 朝觐 (cháo jìn), defined as: to give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; hajj (Islam).

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Characters and stroke order

朝 cháo
to face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
radical 74 ⽉ · 12 strokes
觐 jìn
an audience with the emperor
radical 147 ⾒ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 朝觐.

WordPinyinMeaning
王朝wáng cháodynasty
朝廷cháo tíngcourt; imperial household
明朝míng zhāotomorrow morning; the following morning
朝阳 (朝陽)cháo yángto be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun
朝着 (朝著)cháo zhetowards
觐见 (覲見)jìn jiànto have an audience (with the Emperor)

See also: Japanese symbol for “hajj”.

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.