绑架 bǎngjià▶ ลักพาตัว

Stroke order

绑架 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 绑 — 9 strokes
• 架 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to kidnap
2. to abduct
3. to hijack
4. a kidnapping
5. abduction
6. staking

Related words

• 打架ต่อสู้, การต่อสู้
• 捆绑การผูกมัด, ปกหนังสือ
• 框架กรอบ, โครง
• 书架ชั้นวางหนังสือ
• 吵架ทะเลาะ

绑架 is pronounced bǎngjià and means “ลักพาตัว”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 绑架 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.