Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 奪
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奪 |
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Meaning |
rob, take by force, snatch away, plunder |
Pronunciation |
DATSU
ubau |
Explanation |
From top: big 大, bird 隹, skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| For a big bird you need a skillful hand, for robbing it. |
Radicals
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大
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big | (A person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.) |
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隹
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bird | (Two symbols are equally used for bird, namely 鳥 and 隹.) |
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寸
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skillful hand | (Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand" and partly also "to measure".) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 剥奪 |
はくだつ |
stripping (of rights), revocation, deprivation | | 奪う |
うばう |
to snatch away | | 略奪 |
りゃくだつ |
looting, pillage, plunder, robbery |
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