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Chinese symbol for “disarm”

缴械
jiǎo xiè
Traditional: 繳械
to disarm; (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons; to surrender

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disarm is 缴械 (jiǎo xiè), defined as: to disarm; (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons; to surrender.

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

缴 jiǎo
to deliver, to submit, to hand over
radical 120 ⽷ · 16 strokes
械 xiè
weapons; tools; instruments
radical 75 ⽊ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “disarm”

WordPinyinMeaning
缴枪 (繳槍)jiǎo qiāngto lay down one's arms; to surrender

Related words

Other words that share a character with 缴械.

WordPinyinMeaning
缴纳 (繳納)jiǎo nàto pay (taxes etc)
缴费 (繳費)jiǎo fèito pay a fee
缴获 (繳獲)jiǎo huòto capture; to seize
收缴 (收繳)shōu jiǎoto recover (illegally obtained property); to seize
上缴 (上繳)shàng jiǎoto transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities
缴税 (繳稅)jiǎo shuìto pay tax
机械 (機械)jī xièmachine; machinery
机械化 (機械化)jī xiè huàto mechanize

See also: Japanese symbol for “disarm”.

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.