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Chinese symbol for “overcharge”

敲
qiāo
to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap

The closest CC-CEDICT match for overcharge is 敲 (qiāo), defined as: to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off.

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

敲 qiāo
to hammer, to pound, to strike
radical 66 ⽁ · 14 strokes

Other Chinese words for “overcharge”

WordPinyinMeaning
宰zǎito slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
宰人zǎi rénto overcharge; to rip sb off
宰客zǎi kèto cheat customers; to overcharge

Related words

Other words that share a character with 敲.

WordPinyinMeaning
敲门 (敲門)qiāo ménto knock on a door
敲诈 (敲詐)qiāo zhàto rip off; to extort (money)
敲打qiāo dǎto beat sb; to beat (a drum)
敲响 (敲響)qiāo xiǎngto sound a bell; to raise the alarm
推敲tuī qiāoto think over
敲定qiāo dìngto come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “overcharge”.

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.