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Chinese symbol for “confiscate”

没收
mò shōu
Traditional: 沒收
to confiscate; to seize

The closest CC-CEDICT match for confiscate is 没收 (mò shōu), defined as: to confiscate; to seize.

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

没 mò
not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes
收 shōu
to collect, to gather, to harvest
radical 66 ⽁ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “confiscate”

WordPinyinMeaning
充公chōng gōngto confiscate
扣kòuto fasten; to button
查扣chá kòuto seize; to confiscate
查没 (查沒)chá mòto confiscate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 没收.

WordPinyinMeaning
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't
有没有 (有沒有)yǒu méi yǒu(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?
没什么 (沒什麼)méi shén meit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
没错 (沒錯)méi cuòthat's right; sure!
没想到 (沒想到)méi xiǎng dàodidn't expect
没事 (沒事)méi shìit's not important; it's nothing
收入shōu rùto take in; income
收到shōu dàoto receive

See also: Japanese symbol for “confiscate”.

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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