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Chinese symbol for “relevant”

相干
xiāng gān
relevant; to have to do with; (physics) (of light etc) coherent

The closest CC-CEDICT match for relevant is 相干 (xiāng gān), defined as: relevant; to have to do with; (physics) (of light etc) coherent.

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

相 xiāng
mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
干 gān
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
radical 51 ⼲ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “relevant”

WordPinyinMeaning
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
相应 (相應)xiāng yìngto correspond; answering (one another)
贴题 (貼題)tiē tírelevant; pertinent
归口 (歸口)guī kǒuto return to one's original trade; to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority
着边 (著邊)zháo biānrelevant; to the point

Related words

Other words that share a character with 相干.

WordPinyinMeaning
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
相当 (相當)xiāng dāngequivalent to; appropriate
相同xiāng tóngidentical; same
相对 (相對)xiāng duìrelatively; opposite
互相hù xiāngeach other; mutually
干部 (幹部)gàn bùcadre; official
干净 (乾淨)gān jìngclean; neat

See also: Japanese symbol for “relevant”.

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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