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Chinese symbol for “recapture”

夺回
duó huí
Traditional: 奪回
to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back

The closest CC-CEDICT match for recapture is 夺回 (duó huí), defined as: to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back.

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

夺 duó
to rob, to snatch, to take by force
radical 37 ⼤ · 6 strokes
回 huí
to return, to turn around; a time
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “recapture”

WordPinyinMeaning
收复 (收復)shōu fùto recover (lost territory etc); to recapture

Related words

Other words that share a character with 夺回.

WordPinyinMeaning
剥夺 (剝奪)bō duóto deprive; to expropriate
争夺 (爭奪)zhēng duóto fight over; to contest
夺取 (奪取)duó qǔto seize; to capture
掠夺 (掠奪)lüè duóto plunder; to rob
夺得 (奪得)duó déto take (after a struggle); to wrest
夺冠 (奪冠)duó guànto seize the crown; fig. to win a championship
回来 (回來)huí laito return; to come back
回到huí dàoto return to

See also: Japanese symbol for “recapture”.

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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