Chinese symbol for “extortion”
敲诈
qiāo zhà
Traditional: 敲詐
to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail
The closest CC-CEDICT match for extortion is 敲诈 (qiāo zhà), defined as: to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “extortion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敲诈罪 (敲詐罪) | qiāo zhà zuì | extortion |
| 诛求 (誅求) | zhū qiú | exorbitant demands; demanding with menaces |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 敲诈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敲门 (敲門) | qiāo mén | to knock on a door |
| 敲打 | qiāo dǎ | to beat sb; to beat (a drum) |
| 敲响 (敲響) | qiāo xiǎng | to sound a bell; to raise the alarm |
| 推敲 | tuī qiāo | to think over |
| 敲定 | qiāo dìng | to come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc) |
| 诈骗 (詐騙) | zhà piàn | to defraud; to swindle |
| 欺诈 (欺詐) | qī zhà | to cheat |
| 狡诈 (狡詐) | jiǎo zhà | crafty; cunning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “extortion”.
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.