Chinese symbol for “teachings”
教义
jiào yì
Traditional: 教義
creed; doctrine; teachings
The closest CC-CEDICT match for teachings is 教义 (jiào yì), defined as: creed; doctrine; teachings.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “teachings”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教诲 (教誨) | jiào huì | (literary) to instruct; to admonish; to counsel; teachings; instruction; guidance |
| 教法 | jiào fǎ | teaching method; teachings |
| 训 (訓) | xùn | to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教义.
| 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 |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
| 主义 (主義) | zhǔ yì | -ism; ideology |
| 社会主义 (社會主義) | shè huì zhǔ yì | socialism |
See also: Japanese symbol for “teachings”.
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.