Chinese symbol for “mesh”
啮合
niè hé
Traditional: 嚙合
(of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh; to engage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mesh is 啮合 (niè hé), defined as: (of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh; to engage.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mesh”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 网眼 (網眼) | wǎng yǎn | mesh |
| 网孔 (網孔) | wǎng kǒng | mesh |
| 网目 (網目) | wǎng mù | mesh |
| 网片 (網片) | wǎng piàn | mesh; netting |
| 目 | mù | eye; (literary) to look; to regard |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 啮合.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啮齿动物 (嚙齒動物) | niè chǐ dòng wù | rodent |
| 啮齿类 (囓齒類) | niè chǐ lèi | rodents |
| 咬啮 (咬嚙) | yǎo niè | to gnaw |
| 啮齿目 (嚙齒目) | niè chǐ mù | order of rodents (rats, squirrels etc) |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 综合 (綜合) | zōng hé | comprehensive; composite |
| 结合 (結合) | jié hé | to combine; to link |
| 联合 (聯合) | lián hé | to combine; to join |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mesh”.
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.