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Chinese symbol for “associate”

交往
jiāo wǎng
to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date

The closest CC-CEDICT match for associate is 交往 (jiāo wǎng), defined as: to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association.

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

交 jiāo
to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
radical 8 ⼇ · 6 strokes
往 wǎng
to go, to depart; past, former
radical 60 ⼻ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “associate”

WordPinyinMeaning
联想 (聯想)lián xiǎngto associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection
伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
联想起 (聯想起)lián xiǎng qǐto associate; to think of
相处 (相處)xiāng chǔto be in contact (with sb); to associate
近人jìn réncontemporary; modern person

Related words

Other words that share a character with 交往.

WordPinyinMeaning
交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic
交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange
交换 (交換)jiāo huànto exchange; to swap
外交wài jiāodiplomacy; diplomatic
交给 (交給)jiāo gěito give; to deliver; to hand over
前往qián wǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
往往wǎng wǎngusually; in many cases

See also: Japanese symbol for “associate”.

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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