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Chinese symbol for “correspondence”

中转
zhōng zhuǎn
Traditional: 中轉
to change (train or plane); transfer; correspondence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for correspondence is 中转 (zhōng zhuǎn), defined as: to change (train or plane); transfer; correspondence.

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

中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
转 zhuǎn
to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “correspondence”

WordPinyinMeaning
函件hán jiànletters; correspondence
书函 (書函)shū hánletter; correspondence
简牍 (簡牘)jiǎn dúbamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times); letter; correspondence; book; document

Related words

Other words that share a character with 中转.

WordPinyinMeaning
其中qí zhōngamong; in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle
中学 (中學)zhōng xuémiddle school
之中zhī zhōnginside; among
集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize
转移 (轉移)zhuǎn yíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)
转变 (轉變)zhuǎn biànto change; to transform

See also: Japanese symbol for “correspondence”.

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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