Chinese symbol for “usury”
高利贷
gāo lì dài
Traditional: 高利貸
high-interest loan; usury
The closest CC-CEDICT match for usury is 高利贷 (gāo lì dài), defined as: high-interest loan; usury.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “usury”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 高利贷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué)) |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth |
| 贷款 (貸款) | dài kuǎn | a loan; 笔 (bǐ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “usury”.
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.