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Chinese symbol for “exploitation”

剥削
bō xuē
Traditional: 剝削
to exploit; exploitation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exploitation is 剥削 (bō xuē), defined as: to exploit; exploitation.

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

剥 bō
to peel, to skin; to exploit
radical 18 ⼑ · 10 strokes
削 xuē
to pare, to scrape, to trim
radical 18 ⼑ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “exploitation”

WordPinyinMeaning
牟利móu lìto gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit

Related words

Other words that share a character with 剥削.

WordPinyinMeaning
剥夺 (剝奪)bō duóto deprive; to expropriate
剥离 (剝離)bō líto peel; to strip
剥皮 (剝皮)bāo píto skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals
盘剥 (盤剝)pán bōto exploit; to practice usury
剥落 (剝落)bō luòto peel off
削弱xuē ruòto weaken; to impair
削减 (削減)xuē jiǎnto cut down; to reduce
切削qiē xiāoto cut; cutting

See also: Japanese symbol for “exploitation”.

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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