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Chinese symbol for “scramble”

抢
qiǎng
Traditional: 搶
to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab

The closest CC-CEDICT match for scramble is 抢 (qiǎng), defined as: to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch.

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

抢 qiǎng
urgent, rushed; to rob, to plunder
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抢.

WordPinyinMeaning
抢劫 (搶劫)qiǎng jiéto rob; looting
抢救 (搶救)qiǎng jiùto rescue
抢夺 (搶奪)qiǎng duóto plunder; to pillage
抢先 (搶先)qiǎng xiānto rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first
抢走 (搶走)qiǎng zǒuto snatch (esp related to a robbery)
抢购 (搶購)qiǎng gòuto buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “scramble”.

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.