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Chinese symbol for “respective”

各自
gè zì
each; respective; apiece

The closest CC-CEDICT match for respective is 各自 (gè zì), defined as: each; respective; apiece.

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

各 gè
individual; each, every; all
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
自 zì
self; private, personal; from
radical 132 ⾃ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 各自.

WordPinyinMeaning
各种 (各種)gè zhǒngevery kind of; all kinds of; various
各国 (各國)gè guóeach country; every country
各地gè dìin all parts of (a country); various regions
各位gè wèieverybody; all (guests, colleagues etc)
各个 (各個)gè gèevery; various
自己zì jǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
自由zì yóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
来自 (來自)lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)

See also: Japanese symbol for “respective”.

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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