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Chinese symbol for “fellowship”

友谊
yǒu yì
Traditional: 友誼
companionship; fellowship; friendship

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fellowship is 友谊 (yǒu yì), defined as: companionship; fellowship; friendship.

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

友 yǒu
friend, companion; fraternity
radical 29 ⼜ · 4 strokes
谊 yì
friendship; appropriate, suitable
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “fellowship”

WordPinyinMeaning
联谊 (聯誼)lián yìfriendship; fellowship
团契 (團契)tuán qìChristian association; fellowship

Related words

Other words that share a character with 友谊.

WordPinyinMeaning
朋友péng youfriend; 个 (gè),位 (wèi)
网友 (網友)wǎng yǒuonline friend; netizen; Internet user
女友nǚ yǒugirlfriend
好友hǎo yǒuclose friend; pal
女朋友nǚ péng yougirlfriend
友好yǒu hǎofriendly; amicable; close friend
联谊 (聯誼)lián yìfriendship; fellowship
联谊会 (聯誼會)lián yì huìassociation; club

See also: Japanese symbol for “fellowship”.

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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