Chinese symbol for “mantra”
口头禅
kǒu tóu chán
Traditional: 口頭禪
Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mantra is 口头禅 (kǒu tóu chán), defined as: Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 口头禅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population; people |
| 出口 | chū kǒu | an exit; 个 (gè) |
| 进口 (進口) | jìn kǒu | to import; imported |
| 口号 (口號) | kǒu hào | slogan; catchphrase |
| 门口 (門口) | mén kǒu | doorway; gate |
| 入口 | rù kǒu | entrance; to import |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 禅师 (禪師) | chán shī | honorific title for a Buddhist monk |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mantra”.
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.