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Chinese symbol for “interview”

采访
cǎi fǎng
Traditional: 採訪
to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover

The closest CC-CEDICT match for interview is 采访 (cǎi fǎng), defined as: to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover.

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

采 cǎi
to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck
radical 165 ⾤ · 8 strokes
访 fǎng
to visit; to inquire, to ask
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “interview”

WordPinyinMeaning
专访 (專訪)zhuān fǎngto interview (a particular person or on a particular topic); special interview
见 (見)jiànto see; to meet
面试 (面試)miàn shìto be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
访谈 (訪談)fǎng tánto visit and discuss; to interview
面晤miàn wùto interview; to meet

Related words

Other words that share a character with 采访.

WordPinyinMeaning
采用 (採用)cǎi yòngto adopt; to employ
采取 (採取)cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
采购 (採購)cǎi gòuto procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
开采 (開採)kāi cǎito extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit
采集 (採集)cǎi jíto gather; to collect
访问 (訪問)fǎng wènto visit; to call on (a person or place); (computing) to visit (a website); to access (a network resource etc)
访谈 (訪談)fǎng tánto visit and discuss; to interview
专访 (專訪)zhuān fǎngto interview (a particular person or on a particular topic); special interview

See also: Japanese symbol for “interview”.

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.