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Chinese symbol for “agreement”

协议
xié yì
Traditional: 協議
agreement; pact; protocol; 项 (xiàng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for agreement is 协议 (xié yì), defined as: agreement; pact; protocol; 项 (xiàng).

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

协 xié
to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize
radical 24 ⼗ · 6 strokes
议 yì
to consult, to talk over; to criticize, to discuss
radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “agreement”

WordPinyinMeaning
协定 (協定)xié dìngagreement; accord
契约 (契約)qì yuēagreement; contract
契合qì héagreement; to agree
合同hé tongcontract; agreement; measure word: 份 (fèn)
合约 (合約)hé yuēcontract; agreement; measure word: 份 (fèn)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 协议.

WordPinyinMeaning
协会 (協會)xié huìan association; a society
协助 (協助)xié zhùto provide assistance; to aid
协调 (協調)xié tiáoto coordinate; to harmonize
协定 (協定)xié dìngagreement; accord
协商 (協商)xié shāngto consult with; to talk things over
会议 (會議)huì yìmeeting; conference
建议 (建議)jiàn yìto propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn))
议员 (議員)yì yuánmember (of a legislative body); representative

See also: Japanese symbol for “agreement”.

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.