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Chinese symbol for “noose”

绳套
shéng tào
Traditional: 繩套
noose; harness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for noose is 绳套 (shéng tào), defined as: noose; harness.

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

绳 shéng
string, rope, cord; to control
radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes
套 tào
case, cover, envelope, wrapper
radical 37 ⼤ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “noose”

WordPinyinMeaning
活套huó tàonoose; running knot
套结 (套結)tào jiéa noose
绳索套 (繩索套)shéng suǒ tàoa noose
套索tào suǒa lasso; noose
活结 (活結)huó jiéa slip-knot; a noose

Related words

Other words that share a character with 绳套.

WordPinyinMeaning
绳子 (繩子)shéng zicord; string; rope; 条 (tiáo)
绳索 (繩索)shéng suǒrope
绳之以法 (繩之以法)shéng zhī yǐ fǎto punish according to the law; to bring to justice
跳绳 (跳繩)tiào shéngto jump rope; to skip; a skipping rope; a jump rope
准绳 (準繩)zhǔn shéngyardstick; fig. criterion
缆绳 (纜繩)lǎn shéngcable; hawser
一套yī tàosuit; a set
配套pèi tàoto form a complete set; compatible

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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