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Chinese symbol for “coupled”

俪
lì
Traditional: 儷
(bound form) paired; coupled; (bound form) husband and wife

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coupled is 俪 (lì), defined as: (bound form) paired; coupled; (bound form) husband and wife.

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

俪 lì
spouse; pair, couple
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 俪.

WordPinyinMeaning
伉俪 (伉儷)kàng lì(literary) husband and wife; married couple
骈俪 (駢儷)pián lìparallel (sentences); parallel prose
伉俪情深 (伉儷情深)kàng lì qíng shēnmarried couple very much in love; deep conjugal love
俪影 (儷影)lì yǐngphoto of a (married) couple

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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