Memory phrase for the Kanji: 奪


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Meaning rob, take by force, snatch away, plunder

Pronunciation

DATSU
ubau

Explanation

From top: big , bird , skillful hand

Mnemonic


 
For a big bird you need a skillful hand, for robbing it.

Radicals

bigA person with wide spread arms and legs appears big.
birdTwo symbols are equally used for bird, namely and .
skillful handImage of a hand forearm and pulse . 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".
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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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