Medoru
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奪
JLPT N1 14 strokes Frequency: #974

Meanings

Rob, Take By Force, Snatch Away, Dispossess, Plunder, Usurp

Radicals

大

Decomposition

⿳大隹寸

Etymology

Ideographic: A man 大 grasping 寸 a bird 隹

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 14

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
3 diagonal right-to-left
4 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
8 vertical right-to-left
9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
12 horizontal bottom-to-top
13 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
14 dot bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ダツ datsu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
うば uba

Words Using This Kanji

43 words total
Other (20 words)
心を奪われる こころをうばわれる

to be captivated by ...

奪三振 だつさんしん

striking a batter out

奪三振王 だつさんしんおう

strikeout leader (in a given season)

奪い合い うばいあい

scramble (for)

奪い去る うばいさる

to take away

お株を奪う おかぶをうばう

to beat someone at their own game

足を奪われる あしをうばわれる

to be stranded

心を奪う こころをうばう

to be thoroughly attracted by

回線争奪 かいせんそうだつ

contention

気を奪われる きをうばわれる

to be engrossed

目を奪われる めをうばわれる

to be captivated (visually)

議席を奪う ぎせきをうばう

to unseat someone (in an election)

略奪価格 りゃくだつかかく

predatory pricing

略奪品 りゃくだつひん

loot

略奪者 りゃくだつしゃ

looter

略奪婚 りゃくだつこん

marriage by abduction

絶対奪格 ぜったいだっかく

ablative absolute

匹夫も志を奪うべからず ひっぷもこころざしをうばうべからず

one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man

命を奪う いのちをうばう

to take someone's life

略奪愛 りゃくだつあい

stealing another's romantic partner

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