Chinese symbol for “pontiff”
教皇
jiào huáng
(Catholicism) pope; pontiff
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pontiff is 教皇 (jiào huáng), defined as: (Catholicism) pope; pontiff.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教皇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
| 宗教 | zōng jiào | religion |
| 教授 | jiāo shòu | to teach (a subject) |
| 教学 (教學) | jiāo xué | to teach |
| 皇帝 | huáng dì | emperor; 个 (gè) |
| 皇家 | huáng jiā | royal; imperial household |
| 皇后 | huáng hòu | empress; imperial consort |
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.