Depicts a hand (寸) snatching a bird (隹). The top component was originally 衣 (clothes), depicting a person holding a bird in their clothes, but later it was reanalyzed as a phonetic component, written as either 兌 or 大.
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Historical Evolution
夺
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
夺
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
夺
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
夺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
夺 / 奪 [duó]
to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (39)
争夺 [zhēngduó] #5,500
to fight over
夺得 [duódé] #13,236
to take (after a struggle)
夺冠 [duóguàn] #11,542
to seize the crown
剥夺 [bōduó] #6,238
to deprive
夺取 [duóqǔ] #9,361
to seize
掠夺 [lüèduó] #9,597
to plunder
抢夺 [qiǎngduó] #18,294
to plunder
夺回 [duóhuí] #16,663
to take back (forcibly)
夺目 [duómù] #21,122
to dazzle the eyes
争夺战 [zhēngduózhàn] #25,450
struggle
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JAPANESE WORDS (48)
⭐ 奪う [うばう] #808
to take (by force)
奪い取る [うばいとる] #6,409
to plunder
命を奪う [いのちをうばう] #8,865
to take someone's life
目を奪う [めをうばう] #9,830
to dazzle one's eyes
⭐ 奪還 [だっかん] #11,214
recapture
⭐ 略奪 [りゃくだつ] #14,134
pillage
⭐ 強奪 [ごうだつ] #15,123
robbery
心を奪う [こころをうばう] #15,147
to be thoroughly attracted by
奪い返す [うばいかえす] #15,622
to take back
剥奪 [はくだつ] #17,173
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.)
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