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Chinese symbol for “sworn”

结拜
jié bài
Traditional: 結拜
to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sworn is 结拜 (jié bài), defined as: to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers).

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Characters and stroke order

结 jié
knot, tie; to connect, to join
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes
拜 bài
to bow, to salute; to worship, to pay respects
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 结拜.

WordPinyinMeaning
结果 (結果)jiē guǒto bear fruit
结束 (結束)jié shùto end; to finish; to conclude
结构 (結構)jié gòustructure; composition
结合 (結合)jié héto combine; to link
结婚 (結婚)jié hūnto marry; to get married
崇拜chóng bàito worship; adoration
礼拜 (禮拜)lǐ bàito attend a religious service; (coll.) week
拜托 (拜託)bài tuōto request sb to do sth; please!

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.