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Chinese symbol for “yoga”

瑜伽
yú jiā
(loanword) yoga

The closest CC-CEDICT match for yoga is 瑜伽 (yú jiā), defined as: (loanword) yoga.

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Characters and stroke order

瑜 yú
flawless gem or jewel
radical 96 ⽟ · 13 strokes
伽 jiā
temple; used to transliterations
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 瑜伽.

WordPinyinMeaning
瑜珈yú jiāvariant of 瑜伽 (yú jiā)
瑕不掩瑜xiá bù yǎn yúlit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster; the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)
一时瑜亮 (一時瑜亮)yī shí Yú Liàngtwo remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜 (Zhōu Yú) and 诸葛亮 (Zhū gě Liàng))
瑜伽垫 (瑜伽墊)yú jiā diànyoga mat
瑜伽裤 (瑜伽褲)yú jiā kùyoga pants
伽马 (伽馬)gā mǎ(loanword) gamma (Greek letter Γ, γ); Taiwan pr. [jia1ma3]
僧伽sēng qié(Buddhism) sangha; the monastic community
伽玛 (伽瑪)gā mǎvariant of 伽马 (gā mǎ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “yoga”.

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.