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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.

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

敲 qiāo
to hammer, to pound, to strike
radical 66 ⽁ · 14 strokes
诈 zhà
to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “extortion”

WordPinyinMeaning
敲诈罪 (敲詐罪)qiāo zhà zuìextortion
诛求 (誅求)zhū qiúexorbitant demands; demanding with menaces

Related words

Other words that share a character with 敲诈.

WordPinyinMeaning
敲门 (敲門)qiāo ménto knock on a door
敲打qiāo dǎto beat sb; to beat (a drum)
敲响 (敲響)qiāo xiǎngto sound a bell; to raise the alarm
推敲tuī qiāoto think over
敲定qiāo dìngto come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc)
诈骗 (詐騙)zhà piànto defraud; to swindle
欺诈 (欺詐)qī zhàto cheat
狡诈 (狡詐)jiǎo zhàcrafty; 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.

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