- 互角 — evenly matched; equal
 - 相互 — mutual; reciprocal
 - 交互 — alternately; by turns
 - 互換性 — compatibility; interchangeability
 - 互恵 — mutual benefit; reciprocity
 - 互助 — mutual aid; helping each other
 - 互いに — each other; one another
 - 互い違い — alternation; zigzag arrangement
 
互 shows a design of lines intertwining like two parts crossing — originally tools entwined together. By extension, it came to mean mutual, reciprocal, or shared.