Chinese symbol for “heretic”
异教徒
yì jiào tú
Traditional: 異教徒
member of another religion; heathen; pagan; heretic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for heretic is 异教徒 (yì jiào tú), defined as: member of another religion; heathen; pagan; heretic; apostate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “heretic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 异教徒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 差异 (差異) | chā yì | difference; discrepancy |
| 异常 (異常) | yì cháng | unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally |
| 异议 (異議) | yì yì | objection; dissent |
| 怪异 (怪異) | guài yì | monstrous; strange |
| 诡异 (詭異) | guǐ yì | strange; weird |
| 优异 (優異) | yōu yì | exceptional; outstandingly good |
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
| 信徒 | xìn tú | believer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “heretic”.
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.