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Chinese symbol for “theology”

神学
shén xué
Traditional: 神學
theological; theology

The closest CC-CEDICT match for theology is 神学 (shén xué), defined as: theological; theology.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

神 shén
god, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
radical 113 ⽰ · 10 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 神学.

WordPinyinMeaning
精神jīng shénspirit; mind
神秘shén mìmysterious; mystery
女神nǚ shéngoddess; nymph
神经 (神經)shén jīngnerve; mental state
神话 (神話)shén huàlegend; fairy tale
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
学校 (學校)xué xiàoschool; measure word: 所 (suǒ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “theology”.

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.

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