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Chinese symbol for “swindle”

骗局
piàn jú
Traditional: 騙局
a swindle; a trap; a racket; a scam

The closest CC-CEDICT match for swindle is 骗局 (piàn jú), defined as: a swindle; a trap; a racket; a scam; 场 (chǎng).

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

骗 piàn
to cheat, to defraud, to swindle
radical 187 ⾺ · 12 strokes
局 jú
bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation
radical 44 ⼫ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “swindle”

WordPinyinMeaning
拐骗 (拐騙)guǎi piànswindle; abduct
诈取 (詐取)zhà qǔto swindle; to defraud
骗 (騙)piànto cheat; to swindle
赚 (賺)zuànto cheat; to swindle
坑人kēng rén(coll.) to cheat; to swindle; to rip sb off; to screw sb over

Related words

Other words that share a character with 骗局.

WordPinyinMeaning
骗子 (騙子)piàn ziswindler; a cheat
欺骗 (欺騙)qī piànto deceive; to cheat
诈骗 (詐騙)zhà piànto defraud; to swindle
骗人 (騙人)piàn rénto cheat sb; a scam
骗取 (騙取)piàn qǔto gain by cheating
当局 (當局)dāng júauthorities
局长 (局長)jú zhǎngbureau chief; measure word: 位 (wèi), 个 (gè)
布局 (佈局)bù júarrangement; composition

See also: Japanese symbol for “swindle”.

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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