奪 – rob, take by force, snatch away

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#974 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 奪 means rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ダツ (datsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うば.う (ubau). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 大 (no. 37).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ダツ	datsu
Kun’yomi	うば.う	ubau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 大 (Kangxi radical 37). Components: 寸・大・隹.

Words using 奪

奪ううばうto take (by force)略奪りゃくだつpillage

Example sentences

その男が私の財布を奪った。

The man robbed me of my purse.

Tatoeba #208176

トムによって、メアリー様は利益を約束する略奪の尊師の一つしかありません。

According to Tom, Mary is just a predatory guru who promises gain.

Tatoeba #78397

Kanji with the same radical

大夫失天太央契奥奏奇奨奮奉奢

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