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Chinese symbol for “puritan”

清教徒
qīng jiào tú
Puritan

The closest CC-CEDICT match for puritan is 清教徒 (qīng jiào tú), defined as: Puritan.

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Characters and stroke order

清 qīng
clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
教 jiào
school, education
radical 66 ⽁ · 11 strokes
徒 tú
disciple, follower; only, merely; in vain
radical 60 ⼻ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 清教徒.

WordPinyinMeaning
清楚qīng chuclear; distinct
清理qīng lǐto clear up; to tidy up
清晰qīng xīclear; distinct
高清gāo qīnghigh definition (television etc); high fidelity (audio)
清洁 (清潔)qīng jiéclean; to clean
清醒qīng xǐngclear-headed; sober
教育jiào yùto educate; to teach
教师 (教師)jiào shīteacher; 个 (gè)
信徒xìn túbeliever

See also: Japanese symbol for “puritan”.

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.