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Chinese symbol for “jibe”

转帆
zhuǎn fān
Traditional: 轉帆
to tack (of sailing ship); to jibe; to go about

The closest CC-CEDICT match for jibe is 转帆 (zhuǎn fān), defined as: to tack (of sailing ship); to jibe; to go about.

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

转 zhuǎn
to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes
帆 fān
boat; to sail
radical 50 ⼱ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 转帆.

WordPinyinMeaning
转移 (轉移)zhuǎn yíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)
转变 (轉變)zhuǎn biànto change; to transform
转型 (轉型)zhuǎn xíngto undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product)
转化 (轉化)zhuǎn huàto change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform
转向 (轉向)zhuǎn xiàngto change direction; fig. to change one's stance
帆船fān chuánsailboat
一帆风顺 (一帆風順)yī fān fēng shùnpropitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing
帆布fān bùcanvas; sailcloth

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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