King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “connector”

接头
jiē tóu
Traditional: 接頭
connector; joint; coupling; (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with; to have knowledge of; to be familiar with

The closest CC-CEDICT match for connector is 接头 (jiē tóu), defined as: connector; joint; coupling; (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with; to have knowledge of; to be familiar with.

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

接 jiē
to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “connector”

WordPinyinMeaning
连接器 (連接器)lián jiē qìconnector
接口jiē kǒuinterface; port
搭接片dā jiē piànbuckle; connector

Related words

Other words that share a character with 接头.

WordPinyinMeaning
直接zhí jiēdirectly; direct
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
链接 (鏈接)liàn jiēto link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink
接触 (接觸)jiē chùto touch; to contact
接近jiē jìnto approach; to get close to
连接 (連接)lián jiēto link; to join; to connect
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet

See also: Japanese symbol for “connector”.

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.