Chinese symbol for “paradise”
天堂
tiān táng
paradise; heaven
The closest CC-CEDICT match for paradise is 天堂 (tiān táng), defined as: paradise; heaven.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “paradise”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乐园 (樂園) | lè yuán | paradise |
| 极乐世界 (極樂世界) | jí lè shì jiè | paradise (mainly Buddhist); Elysium |
| 洞天 | dòng tiān | paradise; heavenly or beautiful place |
| 乐土 (樂土) | lè tǔ | happy place; paradise; haven |
| 仙界 | xiān jiè | world of the immortals; a fairyland; a paradise |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 天堂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 几天 (幾天) | jǐ tiān | several days |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 天下 | tiān xià | land under heaven; the whole world |
| 教堂 | jiào táng | church; chapel; measure word: 座 (zuò), 所 (suǒ), 间 (jiān) |
| 课堂 (課堂) | kè táng | classroom (间 (jiān)); class session |
See also: Japanese symbol for “paradise”.
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.