Chinese symbol for “mandala”
曼陀罗
màn tuó luó
Traditional: 曼陀羅
(botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra"); mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala")
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mandala is 曼陀罗 (màn tuó luó), defined as: (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra"); mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala").
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mandala”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 曼陀罗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罗曼史 (羅曼史) | luó màn shǐ | romance (loanword); love affair |
| 伊曼 | yī màn | see 伊玛目 (yī mǎ mù) |
| 罗曼蒂克 (羅曼蒂克) | luó màn dì kè | (loanword) romantic |
| 曼妙 | màn miào | (literary) graceful |
| 曼陀林 | màn tuó lín | (loanword) mandolin |
| 陀螺 | tuó luó | spinning top; gyroscope |
| 吠陀 | fèi tuó | Vedas (Hindu sacred writings or legends) |
| 陀螺仪 (陀螺儀) | tuó luó yí | gyroscope |
| 古罗马 (古羅馬) | gǔ Luó mǎ | ancient Rome |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mandala”.
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.