Chinese symbol for “blackmail”
勒索
lè suǒ
to blackmail; to extort
The closest CC-CEDICT match for blackmail is 勒索 (lè suǒ), defined as: to blackmail; to extort.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “blackmail”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诈骗 (詐騙) | zhà piàn | to defraud; to swindle |
| 黑信 | hēi xìn | blackmail |
| 敲诈 (敲詐) | qiāo zhà | to rip off; to extort (money) |
| 要挟 (要挾) | yāo xié | to threaten; to blackmail |
| 讹诈 (訛詐) | é zhà | to extort under false pretenses; to blackmail |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 勒索.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勾勒 | gōu lè | to draw the outline of; to outline |
| 勒令 | lè lìng | to order; to force |
| 格勒 | gé lè | (onom.) laughing sound; glug-glug haha! |
| 勒死 | lēi sǐ | to strangle |
| 敲诈勒索 (敲詐勒索) | qiāo zhà lè suǒ | extortion and blackmail (idiom) |
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | to explore; to probe |
| 搜索 | sōu suǒ | to search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth) |
| 线索 (線索) | xiàn suǒ | trail; clues |
See also: Japanese symbol for “blackmail”.
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.