Memory phrase for the character: 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

bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
birdTwo characters are equally used for bird, namely 鳥 and 隹.
skillful handImage 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. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "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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