Chinese symbol for “give”
交给
jiāo gěi
Traditional: 交給
to give; to deliver; to hand over
The closest CC-CEDICT match for give is 交给 (jiāo gěi), defined as: to give; to deliver; to hand over.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “give”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 予以 | yǔ yǐ | to give; to impose |
| 给 (給) | gěi | to; for |
| 加以 | jiā yǐ | (formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以说明 (jiā yǐ sh |
| 授 | shòu | (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct |
| 送 | sòng | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 交给.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交易 | jiāo yì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange; exchange |
| 交换 (交換) | jiāo huàn | to exchange; to swap |
| 外交 | wài jiāo | diplomacy; diplomatic |
| 给予 (給予) | jǐ yǔ | (literary) to give; to accord; to render |
| 送给 (送給) | sòng gěi | to send; to give as a present |
| 供给 (供給) | gōng jǐ | to furnish; to provide |
See also: Japanese symbol for “give”.
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.