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Chinese symbol for “present”

递交
dì jiāo
Traditional: 遞交
to present; to give; to hand over; to hand in

The closest CC-CEDICT match for present is 递交 (dì jiāo), defined as: to present; to give; to hand over; to hand in; to lay before.

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

递 dì
to deliver, to hand over; substitute
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
交 jiāo
to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
radical 8 ⼇ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “present”

WordPinyinMeaning
礼物 (禮物)lǐ wùgift; present; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 份 (fèn)
馈 (饋)kuì(bound form) to present (a gift); (bound form) to send; to transmit
呈交chéng jiāo(formal and deferential) to present; to submit
呈送chéng sòngto present; to render
贻 (貽)yíto present; to bequeath

Related words

Other words that share a character with 递交.

WordPinyinMeaning
传递 (傳遞)chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
快递 (快遞)kuài dìexpress delivery
递增 (遞增)dì zēngto increase by degrees; in increasing order
递给 (遞給)dì gěito hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
递减 (遞減)dì jiǎnprogressively decreasing; gradually falling
交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic
交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange

See also: Japanese symbol for “present”.

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.