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Chinese symbol for “cohabitation”

杂居
zá jū
Traditional: 雜居
cohabitation (of different populations or races); to coexist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cohabitation is 杂居 (zá jū), defined as: cohabitation (of different populations or races); to coexist.

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

杂 zá
mix, blend; various, miscellaneous
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes
居 jū
to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
radical 44 ⼫ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 杂居.

WordPinyinMeaning
复杂 (複雜)fù zácomplicated; complex
杂志 (雜誌)zá zhìmagazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī)
杂交 (雜交)zá jiāoto hybridize; to crossbreed
杂种 (雜種)zá zhǒnghybrid; mixed breed
混杂 (混雜)hùn záto mix; to mingle
杂草 (雜草)zá cǎoweeds
居民jū mínresident; inhabitant
居住jū zhùto reside; to dwell

See also: Japanese symbol for “cohabitation”.

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.