Chinese symbol for “mutual”
互
hù
mutual
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mutual is 互 (hù), defined as: mutual.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mutual”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交互 | jiāo hù | mutual; interactive |
| 互相 | hù xiāng | each other; mutually |
| 相互 | xiāng hù | each other; mutual |
| 自相 | zì xiāng | mutual; each other |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 互.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 互相 | hù xiāng | each other; mutually |
| 相互 | xiāng hù | each other; mutual |
| 互动 (互動) | hù dòng | to interact; interactive |
| 互助 | hù zhù | to help each other |
| 交互 | jiāo hù | mutual; interactive |
| 互补 (互補) | hù bǔ | complementary; to complement each other |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mutual”.
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.