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Chinese symbol for “collateral”

抵押物
dǐ yā wù
collateral (finance)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for collateral is 抵押物 (dǐ yā wù), defined as: collateral (finance).

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Characters and stroke order

抵 dǐ
to resist; to arrive; mortgage
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
押 yā
to arrest, to detain; to deposit, to pledge; mortgage
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抵押物.

WordPinyinMeaning
抵达 (抵達)dǐ dáto arrive; to reach (a destination)
抵制dǐ zhìto resist; to boycott
抵抗dǐ kàngto resist; resistance
抵押dǐ yāto provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral
抵御 (抵禦)dǐ yùto resist; to withstand
抵触 (抵觸)dǐ chùto conflict; to contradict
关押 (關押)guān yāto imprison; to lock up (in jail)
扣押kòu yāto detain; to hold in custody
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “collateral”.

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.