Chinese symbol for “plunder”
掠夺
lüè duó
Traditional: 掠奪
to plunder; to rob
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plunder is 掠夺 (lüè duó), defined as: to plunder; to rob.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “plunder”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抢夺 (搶奪) | qiǎng duó | to plunder; to pillage |
| 剽窃 (剽竊) | piāo qiè | to plunder; to plagiarize |
| 掳掠 (擄掠) | lǔ lüè | to plunder; to pillage; (fig.) to win (people's hearts) |
| 掠取 | lüè qǔ | to plunder; to pillage |
| 搜刮 | sōu guā | to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 掠夺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掠过 (掠過) | lüè guò | to flit across; to sweep past |
| 劫掠 | jié lüè | to loot; to plunder |
| 抢掠 (搶掠) | qiǎng lüè | to loot; looting |
| 掠夺者 (掠奪者) | lüè duó zhě | robber; plunderer |
| 飞掠 (飛掠) | fēi lüè | to fly past; to sweep past (at close range); (of a spacecraft) to do a flyby (of a celestial body) |
| 剥夺 (剝奪) | bō duó | to deprive; to expropriate |
| 争夺 (爭奪) | zhēng duó | to fight over; to contest |
| 夺取 (奪取) | duó qǔ | to seize; to capture |
See also: Japanese symbol for “plunder”.
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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