Chinese symbol for “imam”
伊玛目
yī mǎ mù
Traditional: 伊瑪目
imam (Islam) (loanword)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for imam is 伊玛目 (yī mǎ mù), defined as: imam (Islam) (loanword).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “imam”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伊玛目.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伊始 | yī shǐ | outset; beginning |
| 木乃伊 | mù nǎi yī | (loanword) mummy (preserved corpse) |
| 伊人 | yī rén | (literary) that person (usually female); she |
| 伊曼 | yī màn | see 伊玛目 (yī mǎ mù) |
| 伊塔 | yī tǎ | eta (Greek letter Η, η) |
| 玛格丽特 (瑪格麗特) | mǎ gé lì tè | margarita (cocktail) |
| 尼玛 (尼瑪) | ní mǎ | (Internet slang) alternative for 你妈 (nǐ mā); (transcription from Tibetan) the sun |
| 玛瑙 (瑪瑙) | mǎ nǎo | cornelian (mineral); agate |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
See also: Japanese symbol for “imam”.
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.