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Chinese symbol for “association”

协会
xié huì
Traditional: 協會
an association; a society; 个 (gè),家 (jiā)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for association is 协会 (xié huì), defined as: an association; a society; 个 (gè),家 (jiā).

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
会 huì
to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “association”

WordPinyinMeaning
社团 (社團)shè tuánassociation; society
联谊会 (聯誼會)lián yì huìassociation; club
党 (黨)dǎngparty; association
会 (會)huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to
民间组织 (民間組織)mín jiān zǔ zhīassociation; organization

Related words

Other words that share a character with 协会.

WordPinyinMeaning
协议 (協議)xié yìagreement; pact
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
社会 (社會)shè huìsociety
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
会议 (會議)huì yìmeeting; conference

See also: Japanese symbol for “association”.

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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