Chinese symbol for “interception”

阻留

zǔ liú

to intercept; interception

The closest CC-CEDICT match for interception is 阻留 (zǔ liú), defined as: to intercept; interception.

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Characters and stroke order

阻 zǔ

to hinder, to impede; to obstruct, to oppose

radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes

留 liú

to stay, to remain; to preserve, to keep; to leave a message;

radical 102 ⽥ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 阻留.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
阻止	zǔ zhǐ	to prevent; to block
阻碍 (阻礙)	zǔ ài	to obstruct; to hinder
阻挡 (阻擋)	zǔ dǎng	to stop; to resist
阻力	zǔ lì	resistance; drag
阻挠 (阻撓)	zǔ náo	to thwart; to obstruct (sth)
受阻	shòu zǔ	to be obstructed; to be hindered
留下	liú xià	to leave behind; to stay behind
保留	bǎo liú	to keep; to retain

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.