King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “collusion”

勾连
gōu lián
Traditional: 勾連
to be linked together; to be involved with; to collude; interconnection

The closest CC-CEDICT match for collusion is 勾连 (gōu lián), defined as: to be linked together; to be involved with; to collude; interconnection; involvement; collusion.

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

勾 gōu
to hook, to join, to connect; to entice
radical 20 ⼓ · 4 strokes
连 lián
to join, to connect; continuous; even
radical 162 ⾡ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 勾连.

WordPinyinMeaning
勾结 (勾結)gōu jiéto collude with; to collaborate with
勾引gōu yǐnto seduce; to tempt
勾当 (勾當)gòu dàngshady business
勾勒gōu lèto draw the outline of; to outline
勾搭gōu dato gang up; to fool around with
勾起gōu qǐto evoke; to induce
连续 (連續)lián xùcontinuous; in a row
连结 (連結)lián jiévariant of 联结 (lián jié); (Tw) link (on a website); hyperlink

See also: Japanese symbol for “collusion”.

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.