Chinese symbol for “hymn”
圣歌
shèng gē
Traditional: 聖歌
hymn
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hymn is 圣歌 (shèng gē), defined as: hymn.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hymn”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 圣歌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 神圣 (神聖) | shén shèng | divine; hallow |
| 圣人 (聖人) | shèng rén | sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius) |
| 圣母 (聖母) | shèng mǔ | goddess |
| 圣地 (聖地) | shèng dì | holy land (of a religion); sacred place |
| 圣殿 (聖殿) | shèng diàn | temple |
| 圣战 (聖戰) | shèng zhàn | Holy war; jihad |
| 歌曲 | gē qǔ | song |
| 歌手 | gē shǒu | singer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hymn”.
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.