奪 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「大」
道3Junior high level ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「大」
- On
- ダツだつ · datsu
- Kun
- うば.うuba.u
- Meaning
- seize; snatch
Stroke order
Origin
With 隹 "bird" and 寸 "hand": taking a bird out of another's hand — to seize.
Readings and examples
| Onダツだつdatsu | 奪回だっかい奪取だっしゅ争奪そうだつ |
|---|---|
| Kunうばうubau | 奪ううばう奪い取るうばいとる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 奪回だっかい
recapture
- 略奪りゃくだつ
plunder
- 剝奪はくだつ
- 掠奪りゃくだつ
- 搶奪そうだつ
- 奪取だっしゅ
- 褫奪ちだつ
Example
終盤で首位を奪った。
They seized the lead late in the game.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)