Chinese symbol for “appropriation”
拨用
bō yòng
Traditional: 撥用
appropriation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for appropriation is 拨用 (bō yòng), defined as: appropriation.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “appropriation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拨用.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拨款 (撥款) | bō kuǎn | to allocate funds; appropriation |
| 拨打 (撥打) | bō dǎ | to call; to dial |
| 拨乱反正 (撥亂反正) | bō luàn fǎn zhèng | bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder |
| 挑拨 (挑撥) | tiǎo bō | to incite disharmony; to instigate |
| 拨号 (撥號) | bō hào | to dial a telephone number |
| 调拨 (調撥) | diào bō | to send (products); to allocate |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “appropriation”.
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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