Chinese symbol for “withhold”
扣缴
kòu jiǎo
Traditional: 扣繳
to withhold; to garnish (wages etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for withhold is 扣缴 (kòu jiǎo), defined as: to withhold; to garnish (wages etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “withhold”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扣压 (扣壓) | kòu yā | to withhold; to hold sth back (and prevent it being known) |
| 预提 (預提) | yù tí | to withhold (tax); withholding |
| 预扣 (預扣) | yù kòu | to withhold |
| 扣留 | kòu liú | to detain sb; to hold sb against their will; to withhold (property, documents, funds etc) |
| 扣发 (扣發) | kòu fā | to deprive; to withhold |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扣缴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扣押 | kòu yā | to detain; to hold in custody |
| 折扣 | zhé kòu | discount |
| 扣留 | kòu liú | to detain sb; to hold sb against their will; to withhold (property, documents, funds etc) |
| 扣除 | kòu chú | to deduct |
| 回扣 | huí kòu | brokerage; a commission paid to a middleman |
| 扣子 (釦子) | kòu zi | button |
| 缴纳 (繳納) | jiǎo nà | to pay (taxes etc) |
| 缴费 (繳費) | jiǎo fèi | to pay a fee |
See also: Japanese symbol for “withhold”.
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.