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Chinese symbol for “mating”

交配
jiāo pèi
mating; copulation (esp. of animals)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mating is 交配 (jiāo pèi), defined as: mating; copulation (esp. of animals).

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
配 pèi
to blend, to mix; to fit, to match
radical 164 ⾣ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “mating”

WordPinyinMeaning
配种 (配種)pèi zhǒngto breed; mating

Related words

Other words that share a character with 交配.

WordPinyinMeaning
交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic
交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange
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
配合pèi hématching; fitting in with
分配fēn pèito distribute; to assign

See also: Japanese symbol for “mating”.

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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