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Chinese symbol for “coupling”

耦合
ǒu hé
coupling (physics); copula (statistics); to be coupled (with sth)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coupling is 耦合 (ǒu hé), defined as: coupling (physics); copula (statistics); to be coupled (with sth).

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

耦 ǒu
to plow side-by-side; pair, couple; a team of two
radical 127 ⽾ · 15 strokes
合 hé
to combine, to join, to unite; to gather
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “coupling”

WordPinyinMeaning
接头 (接頭)jiē tóuconnector; joint; coupling; (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with
联轴节 (聯軸節)lián zhòu jié(mechanics) coupling
联轴器 (聯軸器)lián zhòu qì(mechanics) coupler; coupling
挂钩 (掛鉤)guà gōuto couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 与 (yǔ) + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity})

Related words

Other words that share a character with 耦合.

WordPinyinMeaning
光耦guāng ǒuabbr. for 光耦合器 (guāng ǒu hé qì)
光耦合器guāng ǒu hé qìoptocoupler (electronics)
匹耦pǐ ǒuvariant of 匹偶 (pǐ ǒu)
去耦qù ǒuto decouple
怨耦yuàn ǒuvariant of 怨偶 (yuàn ǒu)
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
综合 (綜合)zōng hécomprehensive; composite
结合 (結合)jié héto combine; to link

See also: Japanese symbol for “coupling”.

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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