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Chinese symbol for “looting”

抢劫
qiǎng jié
Traditional: 搶劫
to rob; looting

The closest CC-CEDICT match for looting is 抢劫 (qiǎng jié), defined as: to rob; looting.

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

抢 qiǎng
urgent, rushed; to rob, to plunder
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
劫 jié
to take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune
radical 19 ⼒ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “looting”

WordPinyinMeaning
抢掠 (搶掠)qiǎng lüèto loot; looting

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抢劫.

WordPinyinMeaning
抢救 (搶救)qiǎng jiùto rescue
抢夺 (搶奪)qiǎng duóto plunder; to pillage
抢先 (搶先)qiǎng xiānto rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first
抢走 (搶走)qiǎng zǒuto snatch (esp related to a robbery)
抢购 (搶購)qiǎng gòuto buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
劫持jié chíto kidnap; to hijack
洗劫xǐ jiéto loot; to ransack; to pillage
浩劫hào jiécalamity; catastrophe

See also: Japanese symbol for “looting”.

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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