Chinese symbol for “outwit”

智取

zhì qǔ

to take by ruse; to outwit; to outsmart

The closest CC-CEDICT match for outwit is 智取 (zhì qǔ), defined as: to take by ruse; to outwit; to outsmart.

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Characters and stroke order

智 zhì

wisdom, knowledge, intelligence

radical 72 ⽇ · 12 strokes

取 qǔ

to take, to receive, to obtain; to select

radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 智取.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
智慧	zhì huì	wisdom; intelligence
智能	zhì néng	intelligent; able
理智	lǐ zhì	reason; intellect
智力	zhì lì	intelligence; intellect
智库 (智庫)	zhì kù	think tank; intellectual resource
明智	míng zhì	sensible; wise
取得	qǔ dé	to acquire; to get; to obtain
采取 (採取)	cǎi qǔ	to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take

See also: Japanese symbol for “outwit”.

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.