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Chinese symbol for “garnish”

扣缴
kòu jiǎo
Traditional: 扣繳
to withhold; to garnish (wages etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for garnish is 扣缴 (kòu jiǎo), defined as: to withhold; to garnish (wages etc).

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

扣 kòu
to detain; to knock, to tap; button
radical 64 ⼿ · 6 strokes
缴 jiǎo
to deliver, to submit, to hand over
radical 120 ⽷ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 扣缴.

WordPinyinMeaning
扣押kòu yāto detain; to hold in custody
折扣zhé kòudiscount
扣留kòu liúto detain sb; to hold sb against their will; to withhold (property, documents, funds etc)
扣除kòu chúto deduct
回扣huí kòubrokerage; a commission paid to a middleman
扣子 (釦子)kòu zibutton
缴纳 (繳納)jiǎo nàto pay (taxes etc)
缴费 (繳費)jiǎo fèito pay a fee

See also: Japanese symbol for “garnish”.

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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