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Chinese symbol for “accept”

接受
jiē shòu
to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce

The closest CC-CEDICT match for accept is 接受 (jiē shòu), defined as: to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce.

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

接 jiē
to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
受 shòu
to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “accept”

WordPinyinMeaning
接下来 (接下來)jiē xià láito accept; to take
采纳 (採納)cǎi nàto accept; to adopt
收下shōu xiàto accept; to receive
领受 (領受)lǐng shòuto accept; to receive
承兑 (承兌)chéng duì(commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment); to honor (a check, a promise)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 接受.

WordPinyinMeaning
直接zhí jiēdirectly; direct
链接 (鏈接)liàn jiēto link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink
接触 (接觸)jiē chùto touch; to contact
接近jiē jìnto approach; to get close to
连接 (連接)lián jiēto link; to join; to connect
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
享受xiǎng shòuto enjoy; to live it up

See also: Japanese symbol for “accept”.

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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