Chinese symbol for “penitent”
会士
huì shì
Traditional: 會士
member of religious order; penitent; frater; translation of French agregé (holder of teaching certificate)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for penitent is 会士 (huì shì), defined as: member of religious order; penitent; frater; translation of French agregé (holder of teaching certificate).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 会士.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 社会 (社會) | shè huì | society |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 会议 (會議) | huì yì | meeting; conference |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
| 协会 (協會) | xié huì | an association; a society |
| 人士 | rén shì | person; figure |
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade |
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.