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Chinese symbol for “poach”

挖角
wā jué
to poach (talent, personnel from competitors); to raid (a competitor for its talent); Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]

The closest CC-CEDICT match for poach is 挖角 (wā jué), defined as: to poach (talent, personnel from competitors); to raid (a competitor for its talent); Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3].

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

挖 wā
to dig, to excavate
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes
角 jué
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “poach”

WordPinyinMeaning
偷猎 (偷獵)tōu lièto poach
盗猎 (盜獵)dào lièto poach (illegally hunt game)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 挖角.

WordPinyinMeaning
挖掘wā juéto excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
开挖 (開挖)kāi wāto dig out; to excavate; to scoop out; to start digging
挖掘机 (挖掘機)wā jué jīexcavator; excavating machine
挖苦wā kǔto speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks
挖矿 (挖礦)wā kuàngto mine ore or minerals; (computing) to mine cryptocurrency
挖洞wā dòngto dig a hole
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view

See also: Japanese symbol for “poach”.

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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