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Chinese symbol for “inning”

回合
huí hé
one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents; round (boxing etc); rally (tennis etc); frame (billiards etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inning is 回合 (huí hé), defined as: one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents; round (boxing etc); rally (tennis etc); frame (billiards etc); inning; (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg.

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

回 huí
to return, to turn around; a time
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes
合 hé
to combine, to join, to unite; to gather
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 回合.

WordPinyinMeaning
回来 (回來)huí laito return; to come back
回到huí dàoto return to
回家huí jiāto return home
回答huí dáto reply; to answer; reply; answer
回应 (回應)huí yìngto respond; response
回去huí quto return; to go back
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
综合 (綜合)zōng hécomprehensive; composite

See also: Japanese symbol for “inning”.

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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