Chinese symbol for “sutra”
真经
zhēn jīng
Traditional: 真經
sutra; Taoist treatise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sutra is 真经 (zhēn jīng), defined as: sutra; Taoist treatise.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sutra”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 真经.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
| 真是 | zhēn shi | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) |
| 真实 (真實) | zhēn shí | true; real |
| 认真 (認真) | rèn zhēn | conscientious; earnest |
| 真相 | zhēn xiàng | the truth about sth; the actual facts |
| 已经 (已經) | yǐ jīng | already |
| 经济 (經濟) | jīng jì | economy; economic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sutra”.
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.