Chinese symbol for “religion”
宗教
zōng jiào
religion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for religion is 宗教 (zōng jiào), defined as: religion.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “religion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教 | jiào | (bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 宗教.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宗旨 | zōng zhǐ | objective; aim |
| 教宗 | jiào zōng | pope |
| 大宗 | dà zōng | large amount; staple |
| 正宗 | zhèng zōng | orthodox school; fig. traditional |
| 祖宗 | zǔ zōng | ancestor; forebear |
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
| 教授 | jiāo shòu | to teach (a subject) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “religion”.
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.