Chinese symbol for “intersect”
相交
xiāng jiāo
(of roads, lines etc) to intersect; (of people) to associate with one another; to become friends
The closest CC-CEDICT match for intersect is 相交 (xiāng jiāo), defined as: (of roads, lines etc) to intersect; (of people) to associate with one another; to become friends.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “intersect”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交 | jiāo | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends |
| 交叉 | jiāo chā | to cross; to intersect |
| 叉 | chā | fork; pitchfork |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 相交.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相关 (相關) | xiāng guān | related; relevant |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 相当 (相當) | xiāng dāng | equivalent to; appropriate |
| 相同 | xiāng tóng | identical; same |
| 相对 (相對) | xiāng duì | relatively; opposite |
| 互相 | hù xiāng | each other; mutually |
| 交易 | jiāo yì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “intersect”.
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.