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Chinese symbol for “defraud”

诈骗
zhà piàn
Traditional: 詐騙
to defraud; to swindle; to blackmail

The closest CC-CEDICT match for defraud is 诈骗 (zhà piàn), defined as: to defraud; to swindle; to blackmail.

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

诈 zhà
to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
骗 piàn
to cheat, to defraud, to swindle
radical 187 ⾺ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “defraud”

WordPinyinMeaning
诓骗 (誆騙)kuāng piànto defraud; to swindle
作假zuò jiǎto counterfeit; to falsify
讹诈 (訛詐)é zhàto extort under false pretenses; to blackmail
诈领 (詐領)zhà lǐngto defraud; to obtain by fraud
诈取 (詐取)zhà qǔto swindle; to defraud

Related words

Other words that share a character with 诈骗.

WordPinyinMeaning
欺诈 (欺詐)qī zhàto cheat
敲诈 (敲詐)qiāo zhàto rip off; to extort (money)
狡诈 (狡詐)jiǎo zhàcrafty; cunning
奸诈 (奸詐)jiān zhàtreachery; devious
讹诈 (訛詐)é zhàto extort under false pretenses; to blackmail
骗子 (騙子)piàn ziswindler; a cheat
欺骗 (欺騙)qī piànto deceive; to cheat
骗局 (騙局)piàn júa swindle; a trap

See also: Japanese symbol for “defraud”.

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.