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Chinese symbol for “reception”

接收
jiē shōu
reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reception is 接收 (jiē shōu), defined as: reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate.

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

接 jiē
to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
收 shōu
to collect, to gather, to harvest
radical 66 ⽁ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “reception”

WordPinyinMeaning
招待会 (招待會)zhāo dài huìa reception; measure word: 次 (cì)
收讯 (收訊)shōu xùn(wireless) reception

Related words

Other words that share a character with 接收.

WordPinyinMeaning
直接zhí jiēdirectly; direct
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
链接 (鏈接)liàn jiēto link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink
接触 (接觸)jiē chùto touch; to contact
接近jiē jìnto approach; to get close to
连接 (連接)lián jiēto link; to join; to connect
收入shōu rùto take in; income
收到shōu dàoto receive

See also: Japanese symbol for “reception”.

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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