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Chinese symbol for “interaction”

交流
jiāo liú
to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction

The closest CC-CEDICT match for interaction is 交流 (jiāo liú), defined as: to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb).

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

交 jiāo
to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
radical 8 ⼇ · 6 strokes
流 liú
to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “interaction”

WordPinyinMeaning
感应 (感應)gǎn yìngresponse; reaction
交互jiāo hùmutual; interactive
相互作用xiāng hù zuò yòngto interact; interaction
交集jiāo jí(of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously; to intermingle; common ground; points of commonality; overlap; connection

Related words

Other words that share a character with 交流.

WordPinyinMeaning
交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic
交换 (交換)jiāo huànto exchange; to swap
外交wài jiāodiplomacy; diplomatic
交给 (交給)jiāo gěito give; to deliver; to hand over
流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
主流zhǔ liúmain stream (of a river); fig. the essential point
流动 (流動)liú dòngto flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid

See also: Japanese symbol for “interaction”.

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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