Chinese symbol for “mutually”
相
xiāng
each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (pí pa) (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品 (pǐn))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mutually is 相 (xiāng), defined as: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (pí pa) (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品 (pǐn)).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mutually”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 相.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相关 (相關) | xiāng guān | related; relevant |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 相当 (相當) | xiāng dāng | equivalent to; appropriate |
| 相同 | xiāng tóng | identical; same |
| 相对 (相對) | xiāng duì | relatively; opposite |
| 互相 | hù xiāng | each other; mutually |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mutually”.
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.