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Chinese symbol for “interplay”

相互作用
xiāng hù zuò yòng
to interact; interaction; interplay

The closest CC-CEDICT match for interplay is 相互作用 (xiāng hù zuò yòng), defined as: to interact; interaction; interplay.

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

相 xiāng
mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
互 hù
mutually, reciprocally
radical 7 ⼆ · 4 strokes
作 zuò
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
用 yòng
to use, to employ, to apply; use
radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 相互作用.

WordPinyinMeaning
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
相当 (相當)xiāng dāngequivalent to; appropriate
相同xiāng tóngidentical; same
相对 (相對)xiāng duìrelatively; opposite
互相hù xiāngeach other; mutually
相互xiāng hùeach other; mutual
互动 (互動)hù dòngto interact; interactive
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ

See also: Japanese symbol for “interplay”.

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.