祆教

Xiānjiào
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Zoroastrianism

Examples

HSK 6
Xiānjiào chóngbài huǒ, suǒyǐ yě jiào Bàihuǒjiào.
Zoroastrianism venerates fire, so it is also called the fire-worshipping religion.
HSK 7-9
Tángcháo shí, Cháng'ān de húshāng zhōng yǒu bùshǎo rén xìn Xiānjiào.
In the Tang dynasty many of the foreign merchants in Chang'an were Zoroastrians.

Tips

mistakes
祆 is written with the spirit radical 礻 and 天 "heaven". Don't confuse it with 袄 "jacket" (clothing radical and 夭) or 妖 "demon".
usage
祆教 is the old name, used since the Tang and still preferred for the religion's history in China; the modern name, transliterating Zoroaster, is 琐罗亚斯德教.

Stroke Order

祆 xiān
教 jiāo