Chinese symbol for “take”
取
qǔ
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for take is 取 (qǔ), defined as: to take; to get; to choose; to fetch.
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
Other Chinese words for “take”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拍摄 (拍攝) | pāi shè | to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) |
| 服用 | fú yòng | to take (medicine) |
| 夺得 (奪得) | duó dé | to take (after a struggle); to wrest |
| 乘坐 | chéng zuò | to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle) |
| 摘 | zhāi | to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc); to select; to pick out |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 取.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire; to get; to obtain |
| 采取 (採取) | cǎi qǔ | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 争取 (爭取) | zhēng qǔ | to fight for; to strive for |
| 获取 (獲取) | huò qǔ | to gain; to get; to acquire |
| 取代 | qǔ dài | to replace; to supersede |
See also: Japanese symbol for “take”.
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.