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奪

rob
Stroke count: 14

Readings

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Kun readingうば.う
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. robRtK
  2. dispossess
  3. plunder
  4. snatch away
  5. take by force
  6. usurp
  1. to take (by force)
  2. to take away
  3. to snatch
  4. to steal
  5. to rob (someone) of

Popular Usage

奪う

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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large (大) · St. Bernard (犬) · turkey · glue

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 608

Compound words

奪ううばう
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to steal; to rob (someone) of
強奪ごうだつ
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder
争奪そうだつ
struggle (for); scramble; contest
奪回だっかい
recovery; rescue; recapture
奪還だっかん
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
奪取だっしゅ
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
略奪りゃくだつ
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
奪三振だつさんしん
striking a batter out
横奪おうだつ
misappropriation
纂奪さんだつ
usurpation
収奪しゅうだつ
plundering
奪格だっかく
ablative (grammar)
簒奪さんだつ
usurpation
褫奪ちだつ
stripping (of clothes, office, etc.)
争奪戦そうだつせん
contest
回線争奪かいせんそうだつ
contention (networking)
生殺与奪せいさつよだつ
(having) life-and-death power (over)
絶対奪格ぜったいだっかく
ablative absolute
奪いとるうばいとる
to plunder
奪い合ううばいあう
to scramble for
奪い取るうばいとる
to plunder
奪い返すうばいかえす
to take back
奪三振王だつさんしんおう
(season's) record holder in (for) the most strike-outs
掠め奪うかすめうばう
to plunder

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の美しさに心を奪われている。
He is enamored of her beauty.tatoeba
彼は通りでお金を奪われた。
He was robbed of his money on the street.tatoeba
彼は双方の候補者から票を奪った。
He attracted votes away from both candidates.tatoeba
彼は私の有り金すべてを奪った。
He robbed me of every penny I had.tatoeba
再び奪うことはもう難しいだろう。
It is probably difficult to seize the castle again now.wiki
一切の衆生の精気を奪うため名づく。
It is called as such because it takes the vital spirit of all living beings.wiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

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