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Chinese symbol for “coax”

笼络
lǒng luò
Traditional: 籠絡
to coax; to beguile; to win over

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coax is 笼络 (lǒng luò), defined as: to coax; to beguile; to win over.

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

笼 lǒng
basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum
radical 118 ⽵ · 11 strokes
络 luò
web, net; to entangle
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “coax”

WordPinyinMeaning
哄hǒngto deceive; to coax
哄劝 (哄勸)hǒng quànto coax
哄诱 (哄誘)hǒng yòuto coax; to induce
劝诱 (勸誘)quàn yòuto prevail upon; to coax
冧lín(Cantonese) to topple; to collapse

Related words

Other words that share a character with 笼络.

WordPinyinMeaning
灯笼 (燈籠)dēng lónglantern
笼罩 (籠罩)lǒng zhàoto envelop; to shroud
笼子 (籠子)lóng zicage; basket; container
笼统 (籠統)lǒng tǒnggeneral; broad
牢笼 (牢籠)láo lóngcage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals)
网络 (網絡)wǎng luònetwork; Internet
联络 (聯絡)lián luòto get in touch with; to contact
网络安全 (網絡安全)wǎng luò ān quáncybersecurity

See also: Japanese symbol for “coax”.

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.