Chinese symbol for “intercept”
拦截
lán jié
Traditional: 攔截
to intercept
The closest CC-CEDICT match for intercept is 拦截 (lán jié), defined as: to intercept.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “intercept”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 截获 (截獲) | jié huò | to intercept; to cut off and capture |
| 堵截 | dǔ jié | to intercept; to block the passage of; to interdict |
| 截击 (截擊) | jié jī | to intercept (military) |
| 截停 | jié tíng | to intercept (a vehicle etc) |
| 截距 | jié jù | intercept (the point at which a line crosses the x- or y-axis) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拦截.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拦住 (攔住) | lán zhù | to stop; to bar the way |
| 阻拦 (阻攔) | zǔ lán | to stop; to obstruct |
| 拦阻 (攔阻) | lán zǔ | to block; to obstruct |
| 拦网 (攔網) | lán wǎng | to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc); to block |
| 拦路 (攔路) | lán lù | to block sb's path; to waylay |
| 截至 | jié zhì | up to (a time); by (a time) |
| 截图 (截圖) | jié tú | (computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot |
| 截止 | jié zhǐ | to end; to close; (electricity) cut-off |
See also: Japanese symbol for “intercept”.
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.