Chinese symbol for “entanglement”
纠葛
jiū gé
Traditional: 糾葛
entanglement; dispute
The closest CC-CEDICT match for entanglement is 纠葛 (jiū gé), defined as: entanglement; dispute.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纠葛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纠纷 (糾紛) | jiū fēn | dispute |
| 纠正 (糾正) | jiū zhèng | to correct; to make right |
| 纠缠 (糾纏) | jiū chán | to be in a tangle; to nag |
| 纠结 (糾結) | jiū jié | to intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with); twisted; tangled |
| 纠错 (糾錯) | jiū cuò | to correct an error |
| 瓜葛 | guā gé | connection; association |
| 杯葛 | bēi gé | (dialect) (loanword) to boycott |
| 葛根 | gé gēn | tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “entanglement”.
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.