Judas Iscariot, photo 1 of 2
Judas Iscariot, photo 2 of 2

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Photo
Almeida Júnior - Remorso de Judas, 1880
By
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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KissOfJudas
By
Giotto
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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犹大

猶大
Yóudà
proper noun #10,051

Meanings

  1. 1 Judas (apostle who betrayed Jesus)
  2. 2 Judah (son of Jacob in the Bible)

About Judas Iscariot

died c. 30 · 宗教人物 religious figure

One of the twelve disciples of Jesus, who in the Gospels betrays him for thirty pieces of silver. In Chinese, as in English, his name is used to call someone a traitor.

Also called  加略人犹大

Characters

Phonetic transliteration of the Hebrew name 'Judah/Judas.'

Examples

HSK 5
Tā jiù xiàng Yóudà yíyàng bùkě xìnrèn.
He's as untrustworthy as Judas.
HSK 7-9
Yóudà chūmài le Yēsū.
Judas betrayed Jesus.

Tips

mistakes
Mind the dot: 犹大 is Judas, or Judah, while 犹太 means 'Jewish', as in 犹太人 'a Jew'. Both go back to the same Hebrew name, Yehudah.

Stroke Order

犹 yóu
大 dà