Chinese symbol for “parish”
堂区
táng qū
Traditional: 堂區
parish; civil parish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for parish is 堂区 (táng qū), defined as: parish; civil parish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “parish”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 堂区.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教堂 | jiào táng | church; chapel; measure word: 座 (zuò), 所 (suǒ), 间 (jiān) |
| 天堂 | tiān táng | paradise; heaven |
| 课堂 (課堂) | kè táng | classroom (间 (jiān)); class session |
| 食堂 | shí táng | dining hall; cafeteria; 个 (gè),间 (jiān) |
| 学堂 (學堂) | xué táng | college; school (old) |
| 礼堂 (禮堂) | lǐ táng | assembly hall; auditorium; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 区域 (區域) | qū yù | area; region |
See also: Japanese symbol for “parish”.
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.