Chinese symbol for “coincidence”
巧合
qiǎo hé
coincidence; coincidental; to coincide
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coincidence is 巧合 (qiǎo hé), defined as: coincidence; coincidental; to coincide.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “coincidence”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偶合 | ǒu hé | coincidence |
| 符合 | fú hé | in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement); (physics) coincidence |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 巧合.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 技巧 | jì qiǎo | skill; technique |
| 巧克力 | qiǎo kè lì | (loanword) chocolate; 块 (kuài) |
| 巧妙 | qiǎo miào | ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice |
| 精巧 | jīng qiǎo | elaborate |
| 碰巧 | pèng qiǎo | by chance; by coincidence |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 综合 (綜合) | zōng hé | comprehensive; composite |
| 结合 (結合) | jié hé | to combine; to link |
See also: Japanese symbol for “coincidence”.
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.