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Chinese symbol for “hijacker”

劫持者
jié chí zhě
hijacker; kidnapper

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hijacker is 劫持者 (jié chí zhě), defined as: hijacker; kidnapper.

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

劫 jié
to take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune
radical 19 ⼒ · 7 strokes
持 chí
to hold, to support, to sustain
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 劫持者.

WordPinyinMeaning
抢劫 (搶劫)qiǎng jiéto rob; looting
劫持jié chíto kidnap; to hijack
洗劫xǐ jiéto loot; to ransack; to pillage
浩劫hào jiécalamity; catastrophe
打劫dǎ jiéto loot; to rob
劫匪jié fěibandit; robber
支持zhī chíto be in favor of; to support
坚持 (堅持)jiān chíto persevere with; to persist in
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; journalist; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “hijacker”.

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.