Chinese symbol for “usurp”
篡夺
cuàn duó
Traditional: 篡奪
to usurp; to seize
The closest CC-CEDICT match for usurp is 篡夺 (cuàn duó), defined as: to usurp; to seize.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “usurp”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 窃据 (竊據) | qiè jù | to usurp; to claim unjustly |
| 霸 | bà | hegemon; tyrant |
| 擅 | shàn | without authority; to usurp |
| 篡 | cuàn | to seize; to usurp |
| 僭越 | jiàn yuè | to usurp; to overstep one's authority |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 篡夺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 篡改 | cuàn gǎi | to tamper with; to falsify |
| 篡权 (篡權) | cuàn quán | to usurp power |
| 篡位 | cuàn wèi | to seize the throne |
| 篡逆 | cuàn nì | to rebel; to revolt |
| 篡党 (篡黨) | cuàn dǎng | to usurp the leadership of the party |
| 剥夺 (剝奪) | bō duó | to deprive; to expropriate |
| 争夺 (爭奪) | zhēng duó | to fight over; to contest |
| 夺取 (奪取) | duó qǔ | to seize; to capture |
See also: Japanese symbol for “usurp”.
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.