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Chinese symbol for “rig”

操纵
cāo zòng
Traditional: 操縱
to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rig is 操纵 (cāo zòng), defined as: to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate.

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

操 cāo
to conduct, to manage, to run
radical 64 ⼿ · 16 strokes
纵 zòng
to indulge in, to give free reign to
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “rig”

WordPinyinMeaning
索具装置 (索具裝置)suǒ jù zhuāng zhìrig

Related words

Other words that share a character with 操纵.

WordPinyinMeaning
操作cāo zuòto work; to operate
操控cāo kòngto control; to manipulate
操作系统 (操作系統)cāo zuò xì tǒngoperating system
体操 (體操)tǐ cāogymnastic; gymnastics
我操wǒ cào(substitute for 我肏 (wǒ cào)) fuck; WTF
纵然 (縱然)zòng ráneven if; even though
纵横 (縱橫)zòng hénglit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth
纵火 (縱火)zòng huǒto set on fire; to commit arson

See also: Japanese symbol for “rig”.

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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