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奪

奪 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 強いて取る。
  2. 官位を取り上げる。
  3. 失わせる。
  4. 取り合い。
  5. うばわれる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形または会意。「又」（右手）で「雀」を「衣」の中に隠すさまを象る。「うばう」を意味する漢語｛奪｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ダツJHS
Kun (native)
  • うば(う)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音duo2
  • 한글tal
  • Hán-ViệtĐoạt

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
女(おんな)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+596A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱奞寸

Words using this kanji

  • 奪ううばうto take (by force), to take away, to snatch, to steal
  • 奪三振だつさんしんstriking a batter out
  • 奪回だっかい奪われていた物を取り返すこと。recovery, rescue, recapture
  • 奪取だっしゅ相手の手中にあるものを力ずくで取ること。 スポーツなどで、相手からもぎとること。usurpation, taking back, dispossession
  • 奪還だっかん奪い返すこと。recapture, retaking, recovery, taking back
  • 奪い合いうばいあいscramble (for)
  • 奪い取るうばいとるto plunder, to grab, to snatch
  • 奪格だっかく名詞・代名詞・形容詞における格の一つで、「～から（起点・分離）」の意等を表わす。ablative
  • 奪掠だつりゃくpillage, plunder
  • 奪い合ううばいあうto scramble for, to struggle for, to contend for, to fight for
  • 奪い返すうばいかえすto take back, to recapture
  • 奪三振王だつさんしんおうstrikeout leader (in a given season), strikeout king
  • 奪い去るうばいさるto take away, to carry off

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-11
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4034.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8c6.4
Heisig
608
Nelson
1183