Chinese symbol for “tamper”
窜改
cuàn gǎi
Traditional: 竄改
to alter; to modify; to change; to tamper
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tamper is 窜改 (cuàn gǎi), defined as: to alter; to modify; to change; to tamper.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tamper”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夯 | hāng | to ram; to tamp; a rammer; a tamper |
| 夯具 | hāng jù | rammer; tamper |
| 夯土机 (夯土機) | hāng tǔ jī | rammer; tamper |
| 夯砣 | hāng tuó | rammer; tamper |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 窜改.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逃窜 (逃竄) | táo cuàn | to run away; to flee in disarray |
| 流窜 (流竄) | liú cuàn | to roam all over the place; to go into every nook and corner; to infiltrate |
| 乱窜 (亂竄) | luàn cuàn | to flee in disarray; to scatter |
| 窜升 (竄升) | cuàn shēng | to rise rapidly; to shoot up |
| 抱头鼠窜 (抱頭鼠竄) | bào tóu shǔ cuàn | to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously |
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 改革 | gǎi gé | reform; measure word: 次 (cì), 种 (zhǒng), 项 (xiàng) |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tamper”.
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.